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Page 106
... Milton , though he fetched this beautiful circumstance from the Iliad and Æneid , does not only insert it as a poetical embellishment , like the authors above - mentioned ; but makes an art- ful use of it for the proper carrying on of ...
... Milton , though he fetched this beautiful circumstance from the Iliad and Æneid , does not only insert it as a poetical embellishment , like the authors above - mentioned ; but makes an art- ful use of it for the proper carrying on of ...
Page 174
... Milton , in this narration , has avoided every thing that is mean and trivial in the descrip- tions of the Latin and ... Milton's war could not possibly furnish him with . Claudian , in his frag- ment upon the giants ' war , has given ...
... Milton , in this narration , has avoided every thing that is mean and trivial in the descrip- tions of the Latin and ... Milton's war could not possibly furnish him with . Claudian , in his frag- ment upon the giants ' war , has given ...
Page 177
... Milton has kept all the horror of this image , without running into the ridicule of it : Where the might of Gabriel fought , And with fierce ensigns pierc'd the deep array Of Moloch , furious king ! who him defy'd , And at his chariot ...
... Milton has kept all the horror of this image , without running into the ridicule of it : Where the might of Gabriel fought , And with fierce ensigns pierc'd the deep array Of Moloch , furious king ! who him defy'd , And at his chariot ...
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