The Paradise Lost: With Notes, Explanatory and CriticalA.S. Barnes & Company, 1850 |
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Page 188
... speaking ; first , speaking of God , and then suddenly turning the discourse , and speaking to him . A similar transition from the third to the second person may be seen in the hymn to Hercules , Virg . Æn . viii . 291.-N. 736. Other ...
... speaking ; first , speaking of God , and then suddenly turning the discourse , and speaking to him . A similar transition from the third to the second person may be seen in the hymn to Hercules , Virg . Æn . viii . 291.-N. 736. Other ...
Page 210
... Speak ye who best can tell , ye sons of light , 160 153. These are thy works , & c .: Here commences a most noble ... Speak ye , & c .: He is unspeakable ( 156 ) : no creature can speak wor- thily of him as he is ; but speak ye who are ...
... Speak ye who best can tell , ye sons of light , 160 153. These are thy works , & c .: Here commences a most noble ... Speak ye , & c .: He is unspeakable ( 156 ) : no creature can speak wor- thily of him as he is ; but speak ye who are ...
Page 360
... speaking , with much flattery extolling Eve above all other creatures . Eve , wondering to hear the Serpent speak , asks how he attained to human speech and such understanding not till now ; the Serpent answers , that by tasting of a ...
... speaking , with much flattery extolling Eve above all other creatures . Eve , wondering to hear the Serpent speak , asks how he attained to human speech and such understanding not till now ; the Serpent answers , that by tasting of a ...
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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