The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost, with notes, by J.R. Major1835 |
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Page xv
... spirits were to meet in council . His speech in this book is every way suitable to so depraved a character , How proper is that re- flection of their being unable to taste the happiness of heaven , were they actually there , in the ...
... spirits were to meet in council . His speech in this book is every way suitable to so depraved a character , How proper is that re- flection of their being unable to taste the happiness of heaven , were they actually there , in the ...
Page xvi
... spirits in bondage , nor th ' abyss Long under darkness cover . But these thoughts Full counsel must mature : -- It is on this project that Beelzebub grounds his pro- posal : What if we find Some easier enterprise ? There is a place ...
... spirits in bondage , nor th ' abyss Long under darkness cover . But these thoughts Full counsel must mature : -- It is on this project that Beelzebub grounds his pro- posal : What if we find Some easier enterprise ? There is a place ...
Page xviii
... spirits , and their place of habitation , comes in very happily to unbend the mind of the reader from its attention to the debate . An ordinary poet would indeed have spun out so many circumstances to a great length , and by that means ...
... spirits , and their place of habitation , comes in very happily to unbend the mind of the reader from its attention to the debate . An ordinary poet would indeed have spun out so many circumstances to a great length , and by that means ...
Page xix
... spirit : On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th ' infernal doors , and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder , that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus . She open'd , but to shut • Excell'd her pow'r ; the gates ...
... spirit : On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th ' infernal doors , and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder , that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus . She open'd , but to shut • Excell'd her pow'r ; the gates ...
Page xxiii
... spirits , and in the divine person to whom it was addressed , cannot but fill the mind of the reader with a secret pleasure and complacency : Thus while God spake , ambrosial fragrance fill'd All heav'n , and in the blessed spirits ...
... spirits , and in the divine person to whom it was addressed , cannot but fill the mind of the reader with a secret pleasure and complacency : Thus while God spake , ambrosial fragrance fill'd All heav'n , and in the blessed spirits ...
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Page viii - 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 88 - As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of Ternate and Tidore, whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs : they on the trading flood, Through the wide Ethiopian to the Cape, Ply stemming nightly toward the pole...
Page 180 - And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom placed ; Whence true authority in men ; though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seem'd : For contemplation he and valour form'd, For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him.
Page 45 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold.
Page 11 - This downfall; since by fate the strength of gods And this empyreal* substance cannot fail; Since through experience of this great event In arms not worse, in foresight much...
Page 121 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 119 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Page 20 - Busiris and his Memphian chivalry, While with perfidious hatred they pursued The sojourners of Goshen, who beheld From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot wheels : so thick bestrown, Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Page 68 - Wants not her hidden lustre, gems and gold ; Nor want we skill or art, from whence to raise Magnificence ; and what can Heaven show more?
Page xix - Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death, my son and foe, who sets them on, And me, his parent, would full soon devour For want of other...