Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 |
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... taste of your acquaintance , though " no longer than to make me know that I wanted more " time to value it , and to enjoy it rightly . And in truth , " if I could then have imagined your farther stay in these " parts , which I ...
... taste of your acquaintance , though " no longer than to make me know that I wanted more " time to value it , and to enjoy it rightly . And in truth , " if I could then have imagined your farther stay in these " parts , which I ...
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... taste which still prevails fo much among modern writers . But since several thoughts may be natural which are low and grovelling , an epic poet should not only avoid fuch fentiments as are unnatural or affected , but also such as are ...
... taste which still prevails fo much among modern writers . But since several thoughts may be natural which are low and grovelling , an epic poet should not only avoid fuch fentiments as are unnatural or affected , but also such as are ...
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... taste for this elevation of Style , and are apt to ridicule a poet when he goes out of the common forms of expreffion , would do well to fee how Aristotle has treated an ancient author , called Euclid , for his infipid mirth upon this ...
... taste for this elevation of Style , and are apt to ridicule a poet when he goes out of the common forms of expreffion , would do well to fee how Aristotle has treated an ancient author , called Euclid , for his infipid mirth upon this ...
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... taste nor learning is this , that he feldom ventures to praise any paffage in an author which has not been before received and applauded by the public , and that his criticism turns wholly upon little faults and errors . This part of a ...
... taste nor learning is this , that he feldom ventures to praise any paffage in an author which has not been before received and applauded by the public , and that his criticism turns wholly upon little faults and errors . This part of a ...
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... taste of living wight , as once it fled The lip of Tantalus . Thus roving on In cónfus'd march forlorn , th ' advent'rous bands 615 With fhudd'ring horror pale , and eyes aghast , View'd first their lamentable lot , and found No reft ...
... taste of living wight , as once it fled The lip of Tantalus . Thus roving on In cónfus'd march forlorn , th ' advent'rous bands 615 With fhudd'ring horror pale , and eyes aghast , View'd first their lamentable lot , and found No reft ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Æneid againſt alſo angels appear'd arm'd arms beast becauſe behold beſt bright call'd cherubim cloud creatures dark darkneſs death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth eternal evil eyes Fable faid fair fame Father fhall fight fince fire firſt fome fons foon foul fruit fuch gate glory gods grace hand happy hast hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell hill himſelf Iliad itſelf JOHN MILTON King laſt lefs leſs light live loft mankind Milton moſt muſt night o'er obferved ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST perfons pleas'd poem poet praiſe rais'd reign reply'd return'd round Satan seem'd serpent ſeveral ſhall ſhape ſhould spake Spi'rit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſuch ſweet taſte thee thence theſe thine things thoſe thou thoughts throne tree turn'd uſe vex'd Virgil wand'ring whence whofe whoſe wings worſe
Popular passages
Page 107 - But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar's shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 201 - For God is also in sleep ; and dreams advise, Which he hath sent propitious, some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, 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 heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence. This further consolation yet secure I carry hence ; though all by me is lost, Such favour I, unworthy, am...
Page 53 - 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...
Page 199 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest : then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
Page 98 - This may be well; but what if God have seen, And death ensue? then I shall be no more, And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct: A death to think...
Page 137 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 25 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but heavenly born, Before the hills appear'd or fountain flow'd, Thou with eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister, and with her didst play In presence of the Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song.
Page 49 - To ask or search, I blame thee not; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Page 187 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Page 160 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages, and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers T In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace...