Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Volum 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper; and for S. Birt, C. Hitch, J. Hodges [and seven others in London], 1750 |
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Pàgina 9
... fuch highths , as no human genius ever reached before ? 31.- and fit audience find , though few . He had Horace in mind , Sat. I. X. 73 . ―neque te ut miretur turba , labores , Contentus paucis lectoribus . 33. Of Bacchus and his ...
... fuch highths , as no human genius ever reached before ? 31.- and fit audience find , though few . He had Horace in mind , Sat. I. X. 73 . ―neque te ut miretur turba , labores , Contentus paucis lectoribus . 33. Of Bacchus and his ...
Pàgina 10
... fuch an occafion . By this means one great genius often catches the And flame from another , and writes in his fpirit , without copying fervily after him . There are a thousand thining paffages in Virgil , which have been lighted up by ...
... fuch an occafion . By this means one great genius often catches the And flame from another , and writes in his fpirit , without copying fervily after him . There are a thousand thining paffages in Virgil , which have been lighted up by ...
Pàgina 11
... fuch confufion : but the evil foon Driv'n back redounded as a flood on thofe From whom it fprung , impoffible to mix With blessedness . Whence Adam foon repeal'd The doubts that in his heart arose : and now Led on , yet finless , with ...
... fuch confufion : but the evil foon Driv'n back redounded as a flood on thofe From whom it fprung , impoffible to mix With blessedness . Whence Adam foon repeal'd The doubts that in his heart arose : and now Led on , yet finless , with ...
Pàgina 12
... fuch a fubje & t , are exquisite in their kind . And the great light of day yet wants to run Much of his race & c . Addison . Things 72. Divine interpreter , ] So Mer- cury is call'd in Virgil Interpres Di- vum , Æn . IV . 378 . 79 ...
... fuch a fubje & t , are exquisite in their kind . And the great light of day yet wants to run Much of his race & c . Addison . Things 72. Divine interpreter , ] So Mer- cury is call'd in Virgil Interpres Di- vum , Æn . IV . 378 . 79 ...
Pàgina 15
... fuch highths , as no human genius ever reached before ? 31.- and fit audience find , though few . He had Horace in mind , Sat. I. X. 73 . -neque te ut miretur turba , labores , Contentus paucis lectoribus . 33. Of Bacchus and his ...
... fuch highths , as no human genius ever reached before ? 31.- and fit audience find , though few . He had Horace in mind , Sat. I. X. 73 . -neque te ut miretur turba , labores , Contentus paucis lectoribus . 33. Of Bacchus and his ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Adam's Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angel anſwer beaft beauty becauſe Bentley beſt call'd clouds creatures death defcend defcrib'd defcribed defcription defire divine earth expreffion fafe faid fall'n fame fays fecond feems fenfe fentence ferpent feven fhall fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fleep fome fons foon foul fpeaking fpeech fruit ftars ftill fubject fuch fuppofe ground hath heav'nly Heaven Hell himſelf Hume Iliad inftances juft laft Latin lefs light likewife loft Lord Milton moft moſt muſt night numbers obferves Ovid paffage paffion Paradife Pearce perfon pleaſure poem poet pow'r reader reafon reft reply'd reprefented Richardfon rife Satan Scripture ſeems ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtars thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou Thyer tree uſed verb verfe verſes viii Virg Virgil Vulgar Latin whofe whoſe word
Passatges populars
Pàgina 30 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Pàgina 9 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Pàgina 67 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle,; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Pàgina 26 - Into one place, and let dry land appear. Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds, their tops ascend the sky. So high as...
Pàgina 432 - I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.
Pàgina 93 - Be strong, live happy, and love ! But, first of all, Him, whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command...
Pàgina 333 - Nor knowing us nor known; and if by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of Him who all things can, I would not cease To weary Him with my assiduous cries. But prayer against His absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind, Blown stifling back on him that breathes it forth: Therefore to His great bidding I submit.
Pàgina 435 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.
Pàgina 23 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Pàgina 334 - Stood visible, among these pines his voice I heard, here with him at this fountain talk'd...