The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volum 1John Macrone, 1835 |
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... Adam and Eve to all other personifications in poetry ! It has been objected that the subject is too lofty and solemn for human sympathy ; -a taste- less and absurd criticism . Of mere earthly sce- nery , what can equal the garden of ...
... Adam and Eve to all other personifications in poetry ! It has been objected that the subject is too lofty and solemn for human sympathy ; -a taste- less and absurd criticism . Of mere earthly sce- nery , what can equal the garden of ...
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... Adam and Eve before the Fall might not appear so utterly hopeless ; but as they then partook of divinity , nothing but the boldest imagination could have ventured upon the subject . The sentiments appropriate to such characters could ...
... Adam and Eve before the Fall might not appear so utterly hopeless ; but as they then partook of divinity , nothing but the boldest imagination could have ventured upon the subject . The sentiments appropriate to such characters could ...
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... Adam and Eve before the Fall are a different species from that of mankind , who are descended from them ; and none but a poet of the most unbounded invention and the most exquisite judgment , could have filled their conversation and ...
... Adam and Eve before the Fall are a different species from that of mankind , who are descended from them ; and none but a poet of the most unbounded invention and the most exquisite judgment , could have filled their conversation and ...
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... Adam and Eve , together with his transforming himself into different shapes , in order to hear their conver- sations , are circumstances that give an agree- able surprise to the reader , and are devised with great art , to connect that ...
... Adam and Eve , together with his transforming himself into different shapes , in order to hear their conver- sations , are circumstances that give an agree- able surprise to the reader , and are devised with great art , to connect that ...
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... Adam and Eve " ( conti- nues Addison in his admirable Essay , ) " in the fourth book , as they first appeared to Satan , is ex- quisitely drawn , and sufficient to make the fallen angel gaze upon them with all that astonishment , and ...
... Adam and Eve " ( conti- nues Addison in his admirable Essay , ) " in the fourth book , as they first appeared to Satan , is ex- quisitely drawn , and sufficient to make the fallen angel gaze upon them with all that astonishment , and ...
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