Paradise Lost, Books 1-2Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn, 1896 - 210 pages |
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Page 32
... never turgid . Milton is too wise to hamper himself with any statement for which he can be brought to book , but wraps himself in a mist of looming indefiniteness : ... He called so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded , thus ...
... never turgid . Milton is too wise to hamper himself with any statement for which he can be brought to book , but wraps himself in a mist of looming indefiniteness : ... He called so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded , thus ...
Page 33
... never any fluttering of the can- And the poem never becomes incoherent ; we feel all through it , as in the symphonies of Beethoven , a great con- trolling reason in whose safe - conduct we trust implicitly . . . . If there is one thing ...
... never any fluttering of the can- And the poem never becomes incoherent ; we feel all through it , as in the symphonies of Beethoven , a great con- trolling reason in whose safe - conduct we trust implicitly . . . . If there is one thing ...
Page 35
... never were united as in Paradise Lost . Yet it is neither so correct nor so varied as the Iliad , nor , however important the action , so interesting . The moral itself is the reason why it wearies even those who insist on the necessity ...
... never were united as in Paradise Lost . Yet it is neither so correct nor so varied as the Iliad , nor , however important the action , so interesting . The moral itself is the reason why it wearies even those who insist on the necessity ...
Page 37
... never departs ; their departures from it are frequent . Shakespeare is divinely strong , rich , and attractive . But sureness of perfect style Shakespeare himself does not possess . I have heard a politician express wonder at the ...
... never departs ; their departures from it are frequent . Shakespeare is divinely strong , rich , and attractive . But sureness of perfect style Shakespeare himself does not possess . I have heard a politician express wonder at the ...
Page 39
... never the specific charm of the verse and poet translated . In our race are thousands of read- ers , presently there will be millions , who know not a word of Greek or Latin , and will never learn those languages . If this host of ...
... never the specific charm of the verse and poet translated . In our race are thousands of read- ers , presently there will be millions , who know not a word of Greek or Latin , and will never learn those languages . If this host of ...
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Abyss Adam Almighty ancient Angels arms battle Beelzebub Belial Ben Jonson Bible bright called Chaos Chimæra Chorus Cicero Comus Dante darkness Death deep Define Demogorgon divine dread earth Edited English epic Eternal evil Exod fate fear fierce fiery fire flames force glory gods gold Greek hath Heaven heavenly Hell Hesiod highth Homer host Iliad infernal King Landor Latin light literature Lord Lowell Mammon meaning mighty Milton mind Moloch Night o'er once Ormus Ovid pain Paradise Lost passage perhaps poem poet poetic poetry Prometheus Bound prose reign revenge rock round Satan says sense Seraphim Shak Shakespeare sound spear speech Spenser Spirits stood style sublime Tartarus Tasso Thammuz thee thence Theog things thou thought throne thunder tion Transferred epithet translation verb verse Virgil winds wings word Zeus
Popular passages
Page 38 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Page 62 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Page 53 - That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 101 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost...
Page 181 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 105 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb...
Page 102 - Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail ; which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice...
Page 70 - With lust and violence the house of God? In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 57 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me.
Page 21 - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted...