Criticisms on Paradise LostGinn, 1892 - 200 páginas |
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... formed his task , Arnold censures him . In reply we would ask , What better object could Addison , in his capacity as critic , have proposed to himself ? Who has written more effectively upon Milton than he , or , in the main , more ...
... formed his task , Arnold censures him . In reply we would ask , What better object could Addison , in his capacity as critic , have proposed to himself ? Who has written more effectively upon Milton than he , or , in the main , more ...
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... formed upon any pagan system , But Aristotle by the greatness of the action does not 20 only mean that it should be great in its nature , but also in its duration , or in other words that it should have a due length in it , as well as ...
... formed upon any pagan system , But Aristotle by the greatness of the action does not 20 only mean that it should be great in its nature , but also in its duration , or in other words that it should have a due length in it , as well as ...
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... formed purely by his own in- vention . It shows a greater genius in Shakespeare to 25 have drawn his Caliban than his Hotspur or Julius Cæsar ; the one was to be supplied out of his own imagination , whereas the other might have been formed ...
... formed purely by his own in- vention . It shows a greater genius in Shakespeare to 25 have drawn his Caliban than his Hotspur or Julius Cæsar ; the one was to be supplied out of his own imagination , whereas the other might have been formed ...
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... formed , by the following methods . First , by the use of metaphors ; such are those of Milton 1 : - 2 Imparadised in one another's arms . 8 And in his hand a reed Stood waving tipt with fire . 4 The grassy clods now calved . 5 Spangled ...
... formed , by the following methods . First , by the use of metaphors ; such are those of Milton 1 : - 2 Imparadised in one another's arms . 8 And in his hand a reed Stood waving tipt with fire . 4 The grassy clods now calved . 5 Spangled ...
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... formed their taste upon To the quaint similes and little turns of wit which are so much in vogue among modern poets , cannot relish these beauties , which are of a much higher nature , and are therefore apt to censure Milton's ...
... formed their taste upon To the quaint similes and little turns of wit which are so much in vogue among modern poets , cannot relish these beauties , which are of a much higher nature , and are therefore apt to censure Milton's ...
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Página 81 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Página 153 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Página 49 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Página 44 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, — to equal which, the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Página 76 - And worthy seemed: for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom placed; Whence true authority in men: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal, seemed; For contemplation he and valor formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him.
Página 102 - Then stayed the fervid wheels, and in his hand He took the golden compasses, prepared In God's eternal store, to circumscribe This universe, and all created things. One foot he centred, and the other turned Round through the vast profundity obscure : And said, " Thus far extend, thus far thy bounds, This be thy just circumference, O world...
Página 75 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, God-like erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure Severe, but in true filial freedom...
Página 142 - 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. In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
Página 133 - My only strength and stay ; forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist ? While yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps, Between us two let there be peace : both joining As join'd in injuries, one enmity Against a foe by doom express assign'd us.
Página 81 - Our tended plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How Nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom, extracting liquid sweet.