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Page 68
... Milton has equalled , if not excelled , these bold lines of Homer in his fight of angels . See Mr. Addison's fine ob- servations upon it , Spectator , No. 333 . 1 Among the orators , all panegyrics , and ora- 68 69 LONGINUS ON THE ...
... Milton has equalled , if not excelled , these bold lines of Homer in his fight of angels . See Mr. Addison's fine ob- servations upon it , Spectator , No. 333 . 1 Among the orators , all panegyrics , and ora- 68 69 LONGINUS ON THE ...
Page 74
... Milton's description of Satan , when he prepares for the combat , is ( according to Mr. Addison , Spectator , No. 321. ) equally sublime with either the description of Discord in Homer , or that of Fame in Virgil : Satan alarm'd ...
... Milton's description of Satan , when he prepares for the combat , is ( according to Mr. Addison , Spectator , No. 321. ) equally sublime with either the description of Discord in Homer , or that of Fame in Virgil : Satan alarm'd ...
Page 76
... Milton , in his description of Sin and Death , who are set off in the most horrible deformity . In that of Sin ... Milton's judiciousness in selecting such circumstances as tend to raise a just and natural aversion , is no where more ...
... Milton , in his description of Sin and Death , who are set off in the most horrible deformity . In that of Sin ... Milton's judiciousness in selecting such circumstances as tend to raise a just and natural aversion , is no where more ...
Page 78
... Milton's description of the fight of angels is well able to Heav'n in loud thunders bids the trumpet sound , And wide beneath them groans the rending ground . * Deep in the dismal regions of the dead Th ' infernal monarch rear'd his ...
... Milton's description of the fight of angels is well able to Heav'n in loud thunders bids the trumpet sound , And wide beneath them groans the rending ground . * Deep in the dismal regions of the dead Th ' infernal monarch rear'd his ...
Page 82
... Milton succeed so well in his fight of angels . If Homer deserves such vast encomiums from the critics , for describing Neptune with so much pomp and mag- nificence , how can we sufficiently admire those Divine descrip- tions which Milton ...
... Milton succeed so well in his fight of angels . If Homer deserves such vast encomiums from the critics , for describing Neptune with so much pomp and mag- nificence , how can we sufficiently admire those Divine descrip- tions which Milton ...
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Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and ... No preview available - 2020 |
Dionysius Longinus on the Sublime: Translated from the Greek, with Notes and ... Longinus No preview available - 2018 |
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