The Paradise Lost: With Notes, Explanatory and CriticalA.S. Barnes & Company, 1850 |
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... Milton was accustomed to affirm that he considered himself as in- spired ; and this report is confirmed by a passage in his Second Book on Church Government , already quoted in our preliminary observations . 24. The height of the ...
... Milton was accustomed to affirm that he considered himself as in- spired ; and this report is confirmed by a passage in his Second Book on Church Government , already quoted in our preliminary observations . 24. The height of the ...
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... Milton , and distinguished by their proper parts , as the gods are in Homer or Virgil . The reader will find nothing ... Milton's poem has an advantage , in this respect , above both the others , since it is impossible for any of its ...
... Milton , and distinguished by their proper parts , as the gods are in Homer or Virgil . The reader will find nothing ... Milton's poem has an advantage , in this respect , above both the others , since it is impossible for any of its ...
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With Notes, Explanatory and Critical John Milton. 539 THE LIFE OF MILTON A GREAT EPIC ITSELF . LET ua glance for a moment at what was even finer than Milton's trars . cendent genius - his character . His life was a great epic itself ...
With Notes, Explanatory and Critical John Milton. 539 THE LIFE OF MILTON A GREAT EPIC ITSELF . LET ua glance for a moment at what was even finer than Milton's trars . cendent genius - his character . His life was a great epic itself ...
Contents
Apostrophe to Light | 1 |
The intercession of the Son of God in their behalf | 22 |
The Almighty Father surveying the whole creation | 118 |
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