Milton Memorial Lectures, 1908: Read Before the Royal Society of LiteratureHaskell House, 1964 - 222 pages |
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Page 72
... recognise . To this point Milton rose , and to this point he carries us with him . It is only when he fails before the impossible that our dissatisfaction begins . He makes us see that Satan was the most magnificent attendant who stood ...
... recognise . To this point Milton rose , and to this point he carries us with him . It is only when he fails before the impossible that our dissatisfaction begins . He makes us see that Satan was the most magnificent attendant who stood ...
Page 161
... recognising his own share in his troubles , and so he adds just that touch to the picture of the afflicted Samson which ... recognise Milton's first wife in the words : " With doubtful feet and wavering resolution I came , still dreading ...
... recognising his own share in his troubles , and so he adds just that touch to the picture of the afflicted Samson which ... recognise Milton's first wife in the words : " With doubtful feet and wavering resolution I came , still dreading ...
Page 184
... recognise that in the two great works , ' Paradise Lost ' and ' Paradise Regained ' we have the history of those times no less than Milton's aspirations and prophecies for the England he loved , veiled in poetic allegory , based on ...
... recognise that in the two great works , ' Paradise Lost ' and ' Paradise Regained ' we have the history of those times no less than Milton's aspirations and prophecies for the England he loved , veiled in poetic allegory , based on ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION BY THE EDITOR | 1 |
MILTONS KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC By WILLIAM HENRY | 11 |
A NOTE ON MILTONS SHORTER POEMS By ERNEST | 23 |
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