| Andrew Comstock - 1855 - 444 pągines
...Explores Ais solitary flight : 1 sometimes He scours the righi hand coast, | sometimes the left; i Now shaves with level wing the deep, | then soars Up to the fiery concave I towering high. | As when far off at sea a fieet descried | Hangs in the clouds, I by equinoctial... | |
| 1856 - 430 pągines
...equally good translation. That it ia a. better word in this place, see Milton : 90 THE CRITERION. 91 "As when far off at sea a fleet descried, Hangs in the clouils." It is to be noted, of this particular passage, as of the whole poem, that the proof of plagiarism... | |
| John Milton - 1857 - 664 pągines
...adversary of God and man, Satan, with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and toward the gates of Hell Explores his solitary flight: sometimes...then soars Up to the fiery concave towering high. As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from... | |
| Birmingham central literary assoc - 1879 - 456 pągines
...monarchal pride, Conscious of highest worth," II. 420. " With thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight ; " II. 630. how he encounters his daughter Sin, " the Portress of Hell " with her progeny Death and... | |
| 1852 - 798 pągines
...seemed alone the antagonist of Heaven," stands or moves alone. " Meantime the adversary of God and man Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of Hell Explores his solitary flight." I suppose, sir, there may be several reasons. One is, that it is the business of Poetry lojind representative... | |
| Merriam-Webster, Inc - 1984 - 950 pągines
...implication of abrasion but rather in some contexts suggests a dangerous approach or a narrow escape <now shaves with level wing the deep, then soars up to the fiery concave— Milton) <three hansoms shaved him by an inch—Barni-) Skim (see also FLY) also implies a light touch... | |
| Leslie Moore - 1990 - 256 pągines
...with her plumes winnows the buxom air (to use Milton's style.) Sometimes She scours the right-hand coast, sometimes the left, Now shaves with level wing the deep, then soars Up to the empyraean tow'ring high. (WJR, 252, my emphasis) The movement of the Satanic character appears to be... | |
| David Quint - 1993 - 448 pągines
...reduction of Satan from epic voyager to chance adventurer by depicting Satan as a commercial traveler: As when far off at sea, a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of Temate and Tidore, whence merchants... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1994 - 628 pągines
...such an appearance, the mind in its activity, for its own gratification, contemplates them as hanging. As when far off at Sea a Fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala or the Isles Of Ternate or Tydore, whence Merchants... | |
| Forest Pyle - 1995 - 240 pągines
...Paradise Lost cited by Wordsworth as a paradigmatic instance of "the full strength of the imagination": As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of Ternate or Tidore, whence merchants... | |
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