The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Volume 2J. Johnson, 1809 |
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... muft obferve alfo , that , as Virgil , in the poem which was defigned to celebrate the original of the Roman empire , has defcribed the birth of its great rival , the Carthaginian commonwealth ; Milton , with the like art in his Poem on ...
... muft obferve alfo , that , as Virgil , in the poem which was defigned to celebrate the original of the Roman empire , has defcribed the birth of its great rival , the Carthaginian commonwealth ; Milton , with the like art in his Poem on ...
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... muft further add , that , if fuch empty unfubftantial be- ings may be ever made ufc of on this occafion , never were any more nicely imagined , and employed in more proper actions , than thofe of which I am 14 MR . ADDISON'S CRITICISM.
... muft further add , that , if fuch empty unfubftantial be- ings may be ever made ufc of on this occafion , never were any more nicely imagined , and employed in more proper actions , than thofe of which I am 14 MR . ADDISON'S CRITICISM.
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... muft we omit one confideration which adds to his honour and reputation . Homer and Virgil introduced perfons whofe characters are commonly known among men , and fuch as are to be met with either in hiftory , or in ordinary con ...
... muft we omit one confideration which adds to his honour and reputation . Homer and Virgil introduced perfons whofe characters are commonly known among men , and fuch as are to be met with either in hiftory , or in ordinary con ...
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... muft not fwell into a falfe fublime , by endeavouring to avoid the other extreme . Among the Greeks , Æfchylus , and fome- times Sophocles , were guilty of this fault ; among the Latins , Claudian and Statius ; and , among our own ...
... muft not fwell into a falfe fublime , by endeavouring to avoid the other extreme . Among the Greeks , Æfchylus , and fome- times Sophocles , were guilty of this fault ; among the Latins , Claudian and Statius ; and , among our own ...
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... muft likewife take notice , that there are in Milton feveral words of his own coining , as Cer- f of his own coining , & c . ] This is not exactly the cafe , in the words here cited . See the Notes on B. ii . 683 , 900. Eremite berean ...
... muft likewife take notice , that there are in Milton feveral words of his own coining , as Cer- f of his own coining , & c . ] This is not exactly the cafe , in the words here cited . See the Notes on B. ii . 683 , 900. Eremite berean ...
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Adam Adam and Eve againſt alfo ancient Andreini Angels beauty becauſe Belial Bentley Chaos character circumftances criticks darkneſs Death defcribed defcription defign Du Bartas earth edition Eneid epick poem expreffed expreffion fable Faer faid fame fays fecond feems fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhort fhould fhow fimilar fince fire firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpeaking fpeech ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuppofed fyllable Heaven Hell heroick himſelf hoft Homer Iliad infernal inftances Italian itſelf juft laft laſt lefs likewife meaſure Milton mind moft Moloch moſt muft muſt nature NEWTON numbers obferved occafion Ovid paffage paffed paffions Paradife Loft perfons phrafe poet poetical poetry prefent profe racters reader reafon reft reprefented rifing Satan Spenfer Spirits ſtate Sylvefter's Taffo thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought THYER TODD tranflation uſed verfe verſe Virgil whofe words worfe