The Life of John MiltonG. and W. B. Whittaker, 1822 - 490 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 54
Seite 26
... passage , which , probably , would not have been published if it had referred to any not in that degree as to make inattention to its effect an unpardonable offense against the harmony of the verse . I have occasionally hinted that ...
... passage , which , probably , would not have been published if it had referred to any not in that degree as to make inattention to its effect an unpardonable offense against the harmony of the verse . I have occasionally hinted that ...
Seite 31
... passage , which I shall cite as worthy of the reader's attention , is in the " Apology for Smectymnuus . " After mentioning the charge which we have already noticed , our author proceeds : " 22 For which commodious lie , that he may be ...
... passage , which I shall cite as worthy of the reader's attention , is in the " Apology for Smectymnuus . " After mentioning the charge which we have already noticed , our author proceeds : " 22 For which commodious lie , that he may be ...
Seite 35
... passage , which has been cited by more than one of the biographers of Milton , from the " Apology for Smectymnuus , " P. W. 1. 221 , may perhaps assist in solving the difficulty before us ; and may show that a virtuous and religious ...
... passage , which has been cited by more than one of the biographers of Milton , from the " Apology for Smectymnuus , " P. W. 1. 221 , may perhaps assist in solving the difficulty before us ; and may show that a virtuous and religious ...
Seite 36
... passage in his own works , that he looked with no friendly eye either on the plan of education 29 observed in the University , or on the learning 30 and the conducts of its members . We may con- ceive , therefore , that he might be ...
... passage in his own works , that he looked with no friendly eye either on the plan of education 29 observed in the University , or on the learning 30 and the conducts of its members . We may con- ceive , therefore , that he might be ...
Seite 40
... passage in Dryden's Ode to which I have referred , Whether adopted to some neighbouring star , Thou roll'st above us in thy wand'ring race : Or , in procession fix'd and regular , Moved with the heavens ' majestic pace : Or call'd to ...
... passage in Dryden's Ode to which I have referred , Whether adopted to some neighbouring star , Thou roll'st above us in thy wand'ring race : Or , in procession fix'd and regular , Moved with the heavens ' majestic pace : Or call'd to ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
admirable agni Andrew Marvell ANTISTROPHE asserted atque Bishop bosom Brownists cause censure Charles CHARLES SYMMONS church composition Comus consequence Cromwell Damon death Defense Deodati discovered divine domino jam domum impasti edition effect England English enim etiam fame fancy father favor genius hæc hand hath honor Il Penseroso immediately instance ipse Isaac Vossius Italy jam non vacat King Latin learned letter liberty Long Parliament Lycidas malè ment merit mihi Milton mind Morus Muse neque nihil nunc object occasion opinion panegyric Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Parliament passage perhaps poem poet poetic poetry possessed praise present quæ quam quid quis quod quoque racter reader regard remark respect Salmasius says seems sibi Smectymnuus solicitous sonnet speak spirit talents taste testimony things thou tibi tion translation truth verse virtue Warton writer
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 386 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Seite 296 - Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was...
Seite 102 - 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...
Seite 221 - Then to advise how war may, best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage...
Seite 39 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high uphung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Seite 184 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Seite 154 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. All they shall speak, and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we ? art thou become like unto us...
Seite 60 - Sleep; At last a soft and solemn-breathing sound Rose like a steam of rich distill'd perfumes, And stole upon the air...
Seite 292 - The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
Seite 101 - ... that epic form whereof the two poems of Homer, and those other two of Virgil and Tasso are a diffuse, and the Book of Job a brief model...