A Familiar Explanation of the Poetical Works of Milton: To which is Prefixed Mr. Addison's Criticism on Paradise Lost ; with a Preface by the Rev. Mr. DoddJ. and R. Tonson, 1762 - 144 Seiten |
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... ftill greater than either of the former ; it does not determine the Fate of fingle Perfons or Nations , but of a whole Species . The United Powers of Hell are joined together for the Destruction of Mankind , which they effected in Part ...
... ftill greater than either of the former ; it does not determine the Fate of fingle Perfons or Nations , but of a whole Species . The United Powers of Hell are joined together for the Destruction of Mankind , which they effected in Part ...
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... ftill infinitely more to its Advantage , the principal Actors in this Poem are not only our Pro- genitors , but our Reprefentatives . We have an actual Interest in every Thing they do , and no less than our utmost Happiness is concerned ...
... ftill infinitely more to its Advantage , the principal Actors in this Poem are not only our Pro- genitors , but our Reprefentatives . We have an actual Interest in every Thing they do , and no less than our utmost Happiness is concerned ...
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... ftill have been more perfect , could he have perused the Æ- neid which was made fome hundred Years after his Death . IN my next , I fhall go through other Parts of Milton's Poem ; and hope that what I fhall there ad- vance , as well as ...
... ftill have been more perfect , could he have perused the Æ- neid which was made fome hundred Years after his Death . IN my next , I fhall go through other Parts of Milton's Poem ; and hope that what I fhall there ad- vance , as well as ...
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... ftill prevails fo much a- mong modern Writers . BUT fince feveral Thoughts may be natural which are low and groveling , an Epic Poet fhould not only avoid fuch Sentiments as are unnatural or affected , but also fuch as are mean and ...
... ftill prevails fo much a- mong modern Writers . BUT fince feveral Thoughts may be natural which are low and groveling , an Epic Poet fhould not only avoid fuch Sentiments as are unnatural or affected , but also fuch as are mean and ...
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... ftill preferved their natural Dimenfions . " Thus incorporeal Spirits to smallest Forms Reduc'd their Shapes immenfe , and were at large Though Though without Number ftill amidst the Hall , Of that 42 A CRITIQUE upon.
... ftill preferved their natural Dimenfions . " Thus incorporeal Spirits to smallest Forms Reduc'd their Shapes immenfe , and were at large Though Though without Number ftill amidst the Hall , Of that 42 A CRITIQUE upon.
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Seite 117 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Seite 74 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Seite 108 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Seite 43 - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Seite 31 - Milton seems to have been sensible of this imperfection in his fable, and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by several expedients...
Seite 6 - Troy, and engaged all the gods in factions. ^Eneas's settlement in Italy produced the Caesars and gave birth to the Roman Empire. Milton's subject was still greater than either of the former; it does not determine the fate of single persons or nations, but of a whole species.
Seite 115 - But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts.
Seite 81 - The author appears in a kind of composed and sedate majesty; and though the sentiments do not give so great an emotion as those in the former book, they abound with as magnificent ideas. The sixth book, like a troubled ocean, represents greatness in confusion; the seventh affects the imagination like the ocean in a calm, and fills the mind of the reader, without producing in it any thing like tumult or agitation.
Seite 134 - I have endeavoured to show how some passages are beautiful by being sublime, others by being soft, others by being natural; which of them are recommended by the passion, which by the moral, which by the sentiment, and which by the expression.
Seite 15 - ... of others. Virgil has excelled all others in the propriety of his sentiments. Milton...