The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 69
... Fall of Man , has related the Fall of those Angels who are his profeffed Enemies . Befides the many other Beauties in fuch an Episode , its running parallel with the great Action of the Poem hinders it from break- ing the Unity fo much ...
... Fall of Man , has related the Fall of those Angels who are his profeffed Enemies . Befides the many other Beauties in fuch an Episode , its running parallel with the great Action of the Poem hinders it from break- ing the Unity fo much ...
Page 71
... Fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Befides , it was easier for Ho- mer and Virgil to dafh the Truth with Fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the Religion of their Country by it . But as for Milton , he had not ...
... Fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Befides , it was easier for Ho- mer and Virgil to dafh the Truth with Fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the Religion of their Country by it . But as for Milton , he had not ...
Page 168
... fall in a manner unbecoming of him- felf ; and the greatest Concern that appeared in the Be- haviour of Lucretia , when fhe ftabbed her felf , was , that her Body should lie in an Attitude worthy the Mind which had inhabited it . 6 Ne ...
... fall in a manner unbecoming of him- felf ; and the greatest Concern that appeared in the Be- haviour of Lucretia , when fhe ftabbed her felf , was , that her Body should lie in an Attitude worthy the Mind which had inhabited it . 6 Ne ...
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