The Paradise Lost: With Notes, Explanatory and CriticalA.S. Barnes & Company, 1850 |
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... manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called poetry than a bale of canvas and a box of colors are to be called a painting . Logicians may reason about ...
... manner as to present a picture to the mental eye . And , if they are not so disposed , they are no more entitled to be called poetry than a bale of canvas and a box of colors are to be called a painting . Logicians may reason about ...
Page 116
... manner . Oh , that I were in like manner , & c . 35-6 . Thamyris : A Thracian poet , who had a contest of musical skill with the Muses , and being conquered , was , by them , deprived of sight for his presumption . Mæonides : A surname ...
... manner . Oh , that I were in like manner , & c . 35-6 . Thamyris : A Thracian poet , who had a contest of musical skill with the Muses , and being conquered , was , by them , deprived of sight for his presumption . Mæonides : A surname ...
Page 170
... manner , that the ends of the cord could not be perceived . This circumstance gave rise to a report that the empire of Asia was promised by the oracle to the man who could untie the Gordian knot . Alexander , in passing Gordium , cut ...
... manner , that the ends of the cord could not be perceived . This circumstance gave rise to a report that the empire of Asia was promised by the oracle to the man who could untie the Gordian knot . Alexander , in passing Gordium , cut ...
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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