The Paradise Lost: With Notes, Explanatory and CriticalA.S. Barnes, 1869 - 552 pages |
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... Virg . Æn . ii . 274 : 93 . " Hei mihi qualis erat ! Quantum mutatus ab illo ! ' " ' He with his thunder . There is an uncommon beauty in this expres . Satan disdains to utter the name of God , though he cannot but ac- knowledge his ...
... Virg . Æn . ii . 274 : 93 . " Hei mihi qualis erat ! Quantum mutatus ab illo ! ' " ' He with his thunder . There is an uncommon beauty in this expres . Satan disdains to utter the name of God , though he cannot but ac- knowledge his ...
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... Virg . Æn . vi . 287 201. Leviathan , a marine animal finely described in the book of Job , ch . xli . It is supposed by some to be the whale ; by others , the crocodile , with less probability . See Brande's Cyc . 202. Swim the ocean ...
... Virg . Æn . vi . 287 201. Leviathan , a marine animal finely described in the book of Job , ch . xli . It is supposed by some to be the whale ; by others , the crocodile , with less probability . See Brande's Cyc . 202. Swim the ocean ...
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... Virg . Ec . vi . 33. " Et liquidi simul ignis . - N . 230 230. There are several noble similies and allusions in the first book of Paradise Lost . And here it must be observed that when Milton alludes either to things or persons he ...
... Virg . Ec . vi . 33. " Et liquidi simul ignis . - N . 230 230. There are several noble similies and allusions in the first book of Paradise Lost . And here it must be observed that when Milton alludes either to things or persons he ...
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... Virg . Georg . i . 36.—N. The lust of power and the hatred of moral excellence are Satan's promi- nent characteristics . 276. Edge of battle : from the Latin word acres , which signifies both the See book VI . 108. - N edge of a weapon ...
... Virg . Georg . i . 36.—N. The lust of power and the hatred of moral excellence are Satan's promi- nent characteristics . 276. Edge of battle : from the Latin word acres , which signifies both the See book VI . 108. - N edge of a weapon ...
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... Virg . Æn . i . 539. The Red Sea abounds so much with sedge that in the Hebrew Scriptures it is called the Sedgy Sea The wind usually drives the sedge in great quantities against the shore . - N . 306. Busiris : Bentley objects to ...
... Virg . Æn . i . 539. The Red Sea abounds so much with sedge that in the Hebrew Scriptures it is called the Sedgy Sea The wind usually drives the sedge in great quantities against the shore . - N . 306. Busiris : Bentley objects to ...
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