The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 53
... passage of his spirited poem to his father , written , as it is probable , about this time , he seems conscious of his high destiny , and magnanimously exults over those evils , which , he knew , by the experience of all ages , to be ...
... passage of his spirited poem to his father , written , as it is probable , about this time , he seems conscious of his high destiny , and magnanimously exults over those evils , which , he knew , by the experience of all ages , to be ...
Page 58
... passages , in a note on verse 81 of this piece- And so attend ye on her glittering state , to prove that the word " state " was used by our old poets to ex- press that particular part of the royal apparatus , a canopy , ( in not one of ...
... passages , in a note on verse 81 of this piece- And so attend ye on her glittering state , to prove that the word " state " was used by our old poets to ex- press that particular part of the royal apparatus , a canopy , ( in not one of ...
Page 60
... passage of the Agamemnon of Eschylus ; and the jolly god had been already introduced upon our stage , in a mask by Ben Jonson : but it remained for Milton to develope his form and character , to give him a lineage and an empire , and to ...
... passage of the Agamemnon of Eschylus ; and the jolly god had been already introduced upon our stage , in a mask by Ben Jonson : but it remained for Milton to develope his form and character , to give him a lineage and an empire , and to ...
Page 64
... passage- How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty - vaulted night , every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled , At if our rapture would suffer us to be suffici- ently 64 LIFE OF MILTON .
... passage- How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty - vaulted night , every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled , At if our rapture would suffer us to be suffici- ently 64 LIFE OF MILTON .
Page 65
... passage , which represents the effect of the Lady's singing with a different allusion , is not liable to any objection , and is altogether admirable : At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose , like a steam of rich distill'd ...
... passage , which represents the effect of the Lady's singing with a different allusion , is not liable to any objection , and is altogether admirable : At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose , like a steam of rich distill'd ...
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