John Milton: A Sketch of His Life and Writings |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 29
Page 26
... prose , and one not unrelated to L'Allegro and Il Penseroso . Prolusion 2 , " On the Music of the Spheres , " develops a familiar Pythagorean idea very congenial to a Platonist and musician ; in the Nativity , Arcades , and At a Solemn ...
... prose , and one not unrelated to L'Allegro and Il Penseroso . Prolusion 2 , " On the Music of the Spheres , " develops a familiar Pythagorean idea very congenial to a Platonist and musician ; in the Nativity , Arcades , and At a Solemn ...
Page 100
... prose , though Milton's sentences should not daunt a generation that has assimilated William Faulkner's . Whether lofty , “ mean , " or lowly , Milton's prose suggests the speaking voice ; and it nourished some of the characteristics of ...
... prose , though Milton's sentences should not daunt a generation that has assimilated William Faulkner's . Whether lofty , “ mean , " or lowly , Milton's prose suggests the speaking voice ; and it nourished some of the characteristics of ...
Page 175
... prose , English and Latin . Under diction go unusual , exalted , and arresting words , coin- ages , words used in new meanings , punning plays on words , the shifting of parts of speech ( adjectives as ad- verbs and nouns- " the vast ...
... prose , English and Latin . Under diction go unusual , exalted , and arresting words , coin- ages , words used in new meanings , punning plays on words , the shifting of parts of speech ( adjectives as ad- verbs and nouns- " the vast ...
Contents
Introduction CONTENTS | 7 |
16081632 | 17 |
St Pauls School and Cambridge | 18 |
Copyright | |
28 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adam and Eve Adam's allusions angels anonymous appeared Areopagitica Aubrey blank verse blind caesura Cambridge Christ Christian classical Comus contrast creation critical death despair Diodati divine doctrine drama Dryden earlier earth earthly echoes edition Edward Phillips Elegy English epic epic games evil Eyeless in Gaza fable faith fame father friends glory God's Greek heaven hell heroic human humanist humble ideal ideas imaginative invocation Italian John Milton King later Latin less liberty lines live Lycidas Marchamont Needham Milton's early mind modern moral Muse nature pamphlets Paradise Lost Paradise Regained parliament passage perhaps Phillips phrase poem poet poet's poetic poetry praise pride Prolusion prose Puritan readers Reason of Church religious Renaissance rhythm Samson Samson Agonistes Satan Second Defence sense Smectymnuus songs sonnet speech Spenser style thee theme things Thomas Ellwood thou thought tion tract tradition virtue vision writing