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elegance , observing , that the author never learned the art of doing little things
with grace ; that he overlooked the milder excellence of suavity and softness : he
calls him a lion that had no skill in dandling the kid . He considers the monody of
...
elegance , observing , that the author never learned the art of doing little things
with grace ; that he overlooked the milder excellence of suavity and softness : he
calls him a lion that had no skill in dandling the kid . He considers the monody of
...
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To the accidental , or adventitious parts , as to every thing human , some slight
exceptions may be made , but the main fabric is immoveably supported . >> Dr.
Johnson observes , that it is justly remarked by Addisson , that « this poem , by
the ...
To the accidental , or adventitious parts , as to every thing human , some slight
exceptions may be made , but the main fabric is immoveably supported . >> Dr.
Johnson observes , that it is justly remarked by Addisson , that « this poem , by
the ...
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But he could not always be in other * worlds ; he must sometimes revisit earth ,
and tell of things visible and known . When he cannot raise wonder by the
sublimity of his mind , he gives deligbts by its fertility . « Whatever be his subject ,
he ...
But he could not always be in other * worlds ; he must sometimes revisit earth ,
and tell of things visible and known . When he cannot raise wonder by the
sublimity of his mind , he gives deligbts by its fertility . « Whatever be his subject ,
he ...
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THERE is not any thing in nature more irksome than general discourses ,
expecially when they turn chiefly upon words ; for this reason I shall wave that
discussion which was advanced some years since : Whether Milton's Paradise
Lost may ...
THERE is not any thing in nature more irksome than general discourses ,
expecially when they turn chiefly upon words ; for this reason I shall wave that
discussion which was advanced some years since : Whether Milton's Paradise
Lost may ...
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He , therefore , opens his poem with the discord of his princes , and artfully
interweaves , in the several succeeding parts , an account of every thing material
wbich relates to them , or that had passed before this fatal dissension . After the
same ...
He , therefore , opens his poem with the discord of his princes , and artfully
interweaves , in the several succeeding parts , an account of every thing material
wbich relates to them , or that had passed before this fatal dissension . After the
same ...
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Page 220 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : 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 other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Page 132 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 180 - Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in heaven against heaven's matchless King ! Ah! wherefore? he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence; and with his good Upbraided none: nor was his service hard. What could be less than to afford him praise, The easiest recompense, and pay him thanks, How due...
Page 40 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving: with them rose A forest huge of spears, and thronging helms Appear'd. and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable...
Page 254 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 154 - That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and misery Death's harbinger. Sad task ! yet argument Not less but more heroic than the wrath Of stern Achilles on his foe, pursued . Thrice fugitive about Troy wall ; or rage Of Turnus for Lavinia disespoused ; Or Neptune's ire, or Juno's, that so long Perplex'd the Greek and Cytherea's son ; If answerable style.
Page 58 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 180 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 132 - 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; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 8 - Reserved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him ; round he throws his baleful eyes, That witness'd huge affliction and dismay, Mix'd with obdurate pride and steadfast hate. At once, as far as angels...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Paradiso perduto di Milton Paradiso perduto di Milton, Domenico Arnaldi |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | Ponthenier, 1852 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 20 Nov 2007 |
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