L'allegro; Il Penseroso; Comus; And, LycidasLongmans, 1900 - 181 pages |
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... that led to the composition of Lycidas and give details about its publica- tion . II . 1. Interpret the infinitive " to come " in L'Allegro , 1 . 2. Give modern English equivalents of the words in L'Allegro 45 . SPECIMEN EXAMINATION PAPERS.
... that led to the composition of Lycidas and give details about its publica- tion . II . 1. Interpret the infinitive " to come " in L'Allegro , 1 . 2. Give modern English equivalents of the words in L'Allegro 45 . SPECIMEN EXAMINATION PAPERS.
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John Milton William Peterfield Trent. 2. Give modern English equivalents of the words in L'Allegro , 1. 71 , i.e. , paraphrase the verse . 3. Comment on the expression " rain influence " in L'Allegro , 1. 122 . 4. What is the biblical ...
John Milton William Peterfield Trent. 2. Give modern English equivalents of the words in L'Allegro , 1. 71 , i.e. , paraphrase the verse . 3. Comment on the expression " rain influence " in L'Allegro , 1. 122 . 4. What is the biblical ...
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... equivalent to " hellish . ” 5. Uncouth cell . " Uncouth " here , as elsewhere in Milton , appears to combine its original sense of " unknown " ( it contains the past par- ticiple of O. E. cunnan , to know , from which we have " ken ...
... equivalent to " hellish . ” 5. Uncouth cell . " Uncouth " here , as elsewhere in Milton , appears to combine its original sense of " unknown " ( it contains the past par- ticiple of O. E. cunnan , to know , from which we have " ken ...
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... equivalent to " more wisely , " but this view deprives the word of much of its poetic timbre . Bell suggests that as it is not known to what poets Milton refers , he may be merely " modestly recommending his own view . " In this sense ...
... equivalent to " more wisely , " but this view deprives the word of much of its poetic timbre . Bell suggests that as it is not known to what poets Milton refers , he may be merely " modestly recommending his own view . " In this sense ...
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... equivalent to " full of life , joy , and easy grace . " Buxom originally meant " obe- dient ; " now it implies a hearty comeliness . Debonair ( French , de bon air ) , of good mien or manners . See Skeat's Etymological Dictionary for ...
... equivalent to " full of life , joy , and easy grace . " Buxom originally meant " obe- dient ; " now it implies a hearty comeliness . Debonair ( French , de bon air ) , of good mien or manners . See Skeat's Etymological Dictionary for ...
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50 cents Boards adjective beauty Bell Ben Jonson BLISS PERRY Brearley School Brother Browne Circe classical Cloth College critics dance described Dict Eclogue Edited editors elegy enchanted epithet equivalent expression exquisite eyes Faithful Shepherdess Fletcher flowers GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY give goddess Greek heaven History idea Il Penseroso introduction and notes Jerram Jonson L'Allegro Lady Latin lines literature Lord Brackley Lycidas lyric masque Masson meaning Melancholy Milton Muse naturally night noble note to Comus note to L'Alleg note to Lycid nymphs Odes Paradise Lost participle passage pastoral Pens Penseroso perhaps Ph.D phrase pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Portrait probably Prof Professor of English pupil reading reference rhyme Roxbury Latin School School seems sense Shakspere Shakspere's shepherd sing Skeat song Spenser Spirit star student suggested sweet teacher thee Theocritus thou thought Thyrsis tion University verb Verity verse Virgil Warton wood word