The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton, Volume 1W. Baxter, 1824 |
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... likewise of the learned Mr. Upton's Critical Observations on Shakespeare , wherein he has occasionally interspersed some remarks upon Milton ; and in short , like the bee , I have been stu- dious of gathering sweets wherever I could ...
... likewise of the learned Mr. Upton's Critical Observations on Shakespeare , wherein he has occasionally interspersed some remarks upon Milton ; and in short , like the bee , I have been stu- dious of gathering sweets wherever I could ...
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... likewise an edition published by Mr. Henry Lawes in 1637 : and of the Mask and several other poems there are ex- tant copies in Milton's own hand - writing , preserved in the library of Trinity College in Cambridge : and 40 PREFACE .
... likewise an edition published by Mr. Henry Lawes in 1637 : and of the Mask and several other poems there are ex- tant copies in Milton's own hand - writing , preserved in the library of Trinity College in Cambridge : and 40 PREFACE .
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... likewise the subjects which he had sketched out for other tragedies , whether with an intention ever to finish them or not we cannot be certain . They were printed before in the Historical and Critical Life of Milton prefixed to his ...
... likewise the subjects which he had sketched out for other tragedies , whether with an intention ever to finish them or not we cannot be certain . They were printed before in the Historical and Critical Life of Milton prefixed to his ...
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... likewise is Mr. Sympson , and particularly well read in our old English authors , as appears from his share in the late excellent edition of Beaumont's and Fletcher's works : but I know no man , who hath a juster and more delicate taste ...
... likewise is Mr. Sympson , and particularly well read in our old English authors , as appears from his share in the late excellent edition of Beaumont's and Fletcher's works : but I know no man , who hath a juster and more delicate taste ...
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... likewise hath continued his good offices , and communicated his comment upon Lycidas and his marginal notes and observations upon the other poems , together with a very fine head of Milton done by his father after a drawing of Cooper ...
... likewise hath continued his good offices , and communicated his comment upon Lycidas and his marginal notes and observations upon the other poems , together with a very fine head of Milton done by his father after a drawing of Cooper ...
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Page 213 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 2 - Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support ; That, to the height of this great argument, I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 7 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 6 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 19 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream: Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 251 - Unargued I obey: So God ordains: God is thy law, thou mine: To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
Page 146 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 113 - And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast With horrid strides; Hell trembled as he strode.
Page 151 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 127 - Their lighter wings. To whom these most adhere He rules a moment : Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he reigns : next him, high arbiter, Chance governs all.