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Page xiv
... praising the amiable com- plexions of fome English youths , before their conver- fion to Christianity . His ftature ( as we find it mea- Europe , is fituated in this parish ; and whose large heart , expanding with the amplitude of his ...
... praising the amiable com- plexions of fome English youths , before their conver- fion to Christianity . His ftature ( as we find it mea- Europe , is fituated in this parish ; and whose large heart , expanding with the amplitude of his ...
Page xvii
... praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem , as it requires an affemblage of all the powers which are fingly fufficient for other compofitions . Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth , by calling imagi- nation to ...
... praise of genius is due to the writer of an epic poem , as it requires an affemblage of all the powers which are fingly fufficient for other compofitions . Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth , by calling imagi- nation to ...
Page xxv
... praise of that fortitude , with which Abdiel main- tained his fingularity of virtue against the fcorn of multitudes , may be accommodated to all times ; and Raphael's reproof of Adam's curiofity after the pla- netary motions PARADISE ...
... praise of that fortitude , with which Abdiel main- tained his fingularity of virtue against the fcorn of multitudes , may be accommodated to all times ; and Raphael's reproof of Adam's curiofity after the pla- netary motions PARADISE ...
Page xxviii
... , he crouds the imagina- tion with the discovery of the telescope , and all the wonders which the telescope discovers . Of his moral fentiments it is hardly praise to af- firm that they excel those of all other poets ; xxviii CRITICISM ON.
... , he crouds the imagina- tion with the discovery of the telescope , and all the wonders which the telescope discovers . Of his moral fentiments it is hardly praise to af- firm that they excel those of all other poets ; xxviii CRITICISM ON.
Page xl
... praise of genius is original invention . Milton cannot be said to have contrived the structure of an epic poem , and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all genera- tions must be indebted for the art ...
... praise of genius is original invention . Milton cannot be said to have contrived the structure of an epic poem , and therefore owes reverence to that vigour and amplitude of mind to which all genera- tions must be indebted for the art ...
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Adam againſt alſo Angels appear'd beaft beaſt behold beſt call'd cauſe Cherubim darkneſs death deep defcends defire delight divine earth eaſe elſe erft eternal evil eyes facred faid fair feat feek feem'd feems fhall fide fight fince fire firft firſt fleep fome fons foon foul fpake fruit ftill ftood fuch glory hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell higheſt himſelf itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs light loft moſt muft muſt night o'er Paradiſe PARADISE LOST pleaſant pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent puniſhment purſue rais'd raiſe reaſon reft reply'd reſt return'd rifing roſe Satan ſea ſeems ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhould ſpake Spirits ſpread ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſuch ſweet tafte taſte thee themſelves thence theſe things thoſe thou thoughts thouſand throne tree turn'd vex'd whofe whoſe wings wiſdom worfe worſe