The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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Page 219
... firft fpeech and defcription of Satan , who is one of the principal actors in this poem , are wonderfully proper to give us a full idea of him . His pride , envy and revenge , obftinacy , defpair and impenitence , are all of them very ...
... firft fpeech and defcription of Satan , who is one of the principal actors in this poem , are wonderfully proper to give us a full idea of him . His pride , envy and revenge , obftinacy , defpair and impenitence , are all of them very ...
Page 313
... firft parents fell . The plan of it is wonderfully beautiful , and formed upon the short fketch which we have of it in holy writ . MILTON'S exuberance of imagination has poured forth fuch a re- dundancy of ornaments on this feat of ...
... firft parents fell . The plan of it is wonderfully beautiful , and formed upon the short fketch which we have of it in holy writ . MILTON'S exuberance of imagination has poured forth fuch a re- dundancy of ornaments on this feat of ...
Page 318
... firft lovers flow equally from paffion and fincerity . The profeffions they make to one another are full of warmth ; but at the fame time founded on truth . In a word , they are the gallantries of Paradife . 66 When Adam firft of men ...
... firft lovers flow equally from paffion and fincerity . The profeffions they make to one another are full of warmth ; but at the fame time founded on truth . In a word , they are the gallantries of Paradife . 66 When Adam firft of men ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour cafe character circumftances confideration converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems fenfe fentiments feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fignature filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient give greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant ibid Iliad itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs letter likewife mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paper Paradife Loft perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent racters raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſeveral ſhe SPECT SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion uſed Virgil virtue whofe woman