Paradise Lost: A PoemBaudry, 1833 - 351 pages |
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... sublime a work . The professors of literature were as learned as those of any other time ; but there were very few persons of the middle class who read for amusement or instruction , in comparison with the numerous readers of the ...
... sublime a work . The professors of literature were as learned as those of any other time ; but there were very few persons of the middle class who read for amusement or instruction , in comparison with the numerous readers of the ...
Page xvii
... sublime genius and profound erudition of this great man are now universally admired by all parties : the politi- cian is lost in the poet ; and enlightened men , of every per- suasion , acknowledge him to have been an honour to his ...
... sublime genius and profound erudition of this great man are now universally admired by all parties : the politi- cian is lost in the poet ; and enlightened men , of every per- suasion , acknowledge him to have been an honour to his ...
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... sublime , and that he stands without competition as an English epic poet , his « Paradise Lost >> being infinitely superior to any production of the kind ever attempted in our language . Mr. Addison has written some excellent notes on ...
... sublime , and that he stands without competition as an English epic poet , his « Paradise Lost >> being infinitely superior to any production of the kind ever attempted in our language . Mr. Addison has written some excellent notes on ...
Page xxv
... sublime composition , are such as could only be pro- duced by an imagination , in the highest degree fervid and active , to which materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity . The heat of Milton's mind might be ...
... sublime composition , are such as could only be pro- duced by an imagination , in the highest degree fervid and active , to which materials were supplied by incessant study and unlimited curiosity . The heat of Milton's mind might be ...
Page xxvii
... sublime poem , there are but two ; but those two are the parents of mankind , venerable before the fall for dignity and innocence , and amiable after it for repentance and submission . In their first state , their affection and their ...
... sublime poem , there are but two ; but those two are the parents of mankind , venerable before the fall for dignity and innocence , and amiable after it for repentance and submission . In their first state , their affection and their ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Æneid Almighty angels appear'd Aristotle arm'd arms beast behold blank verse bliss bright burning lake call'd celestial Cherub cherubim cloud creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth epic poem eternal evil eyes fable fair Fair angel faith fall'n Father fear fierce fire fix'd fruit glory gods grace hand happy hath heard heart heaven heavenly hell hill Homer Iliad join'd king lest light live mankind Messiah Milton mind nature night numbers o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd peace pleas'd poem poet praise rais'd reign return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd serpent shade shalt sight soon spake spirits stood sublime sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd Virgil voice whence wings wonder words