The British poets, including translations, Volume 161822 |
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... hand into the assembly . Here Selvaggi praised him in a dis- tich , and Salsilli in a tetrastic ; neither of them of much value . The Italians were gainers by this lite- rary commerce ; for the encomiums with which Mil- ton repaid ...
... hand into the assembly . Here Selvaggi praised him in a dis- tich , and Salsilli in a tetrastic ; neither of them of much value . The Italians were gainers by this lite- rary commerce ; for the encomiums with which Mil- ton repaid ...
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... hand , some squire of the body to his prelate , one who serves not at the altar only , but at the Court - cupboard , he will bestow on us a pretty model of himself ; and sets me out half a dozen phthisical mottoes , wherever he had them ...
... hand , some squire of the body to his prelate , one who serves not at the altar only , but at the Court - cupboard , he will bestow on us a pretty model of himself ; and sets me out half a dozen phthisical mottoes , wherever he had them ...
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... hands of the grave bishop that attended him , as a special relique of his saintly exercises , a prayer stolen word for word from the mouth of a heathen woman praying to a heathen god ? ' 6 The papers which the king gave to Dr. Juxon on ...
... hands of the grave bishop that attended him , as a special relique of his saintly exercises , a prayer stolen word for word from the mouth of a heathen woman praying to a heathen god ? ' 6 The papers which the king gave to Dr. Juxon on ...
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... with Milton's boasted purity . Res gloriosa is an illustrious thing ; but vir gloriosus is commonly a braggart , as in miles gloriosus . - Dr . J. interest fell into your hands , and subsists only in 30 THE LIFE OF MILTON .
... with Milton's boasted purity . Res gloriosa is an illustrious thing ; but vir gloriosus is commonly a braggart , as in miles gloriosus . - Dr . J. interest fell into your hands , and subsists only in 30 THE LIFE OF MILTON .
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British poets. interest fell into your hands , and subsists only in your abilities . To your virtue , overpowering and resistless , every man gives way , except some who , without equal qualifications , aspire to equal honours , who envy ...
British poets. interest fell into your hands , and subsists only in your abilities . To your virtue , overpowering and resistless , every man gives way , except some who , without equal qualifications , aspire to equal honours , who envy ...
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Page 161 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...
Page 126 - From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Page 145 - Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain.
Page 160 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?
Page 131 - For dignity composed, and high exploit. But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful ; yet he pleased the ear...
Page 103 - OF MAN'S first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse...
Page 104 - Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song ; That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the' Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Page 219 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 147 - 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 : so seemed Far off the flying Fiend.
Page 100 - Philosophy, baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love, Has eyes indeed; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives him his praise, and forfeits not her own.