Paradise Lost. A Poem in 12 BooksStrahan, 1778 - 319 pages |
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Page xiii
... those fine Scazons , or Iambic verfes having a fpondee in the last foot , which are inferted among his juvenile poems . From Rome he went to Naples , in company with a certain hermit ; and by his means was introduced to the acquaintance ...
... those fine Scazons , or Iambic verfes having a fpondee in the last foot , which are inferted among his juvenile poems . From Rome he went to Naples , in company with a certain hermit ; and by his means was introduced to the acquaintance ...
Page xvii
... those times . But he was not fo fond of this academical life , as to be an indifferent fpectator of what was acted upon the public ftage of the world . The nation was now in a great ferment in 1641 , and the clamor run high against the ...
... those times . But he was not fo fond of this academical life , as to be an indifferent fpectator of what was acted upon the public ftage of the world . The nation was now in a great ferment in 1641 , and the clamor run high against the ...
Page xxxiii
... those fallies of imagination and quaint turns and illufions , whereof his fermons are full ; for they retain not those charms in reading which they were said to have formerly in the pulpit .. Against this man therefore , as the re ...
... those fallies of imagination and quaint turns and illufions , whereof his fermons are full ; for they retain not those charms in reading which they were said to have formerly in the pulpit .. Against this man therefore , as the re ...
Page xxxv
... those days they had admirable intelligence in the Secretary's office : and Mr. Philips relates a memorable inftance or two upon his own knowledge . The Dutch were fending a plenipotentiary to England to treat of peace ; but the ...
... those days they had admirable intelligence in the Secretary's office : and Mr. Philips relates a memorable inftance or two upon his own knowledge . The Dutch were fending a plenipotentiary to England to treat of peace ; but the ...
Page xlv
... those days , would not so much as allow it to be a poem on this account , and declar- ed war against Milton as well as against Shakespear ; and threatened that he would write reflections upon the Paradife Loft , which fome ( fays he ) ...
... those days , would not so much as allow it to be a poem on this account , and declar- ed war against Milton as well as against Shakespear ; and threatened that he would write reflections upon the Paradife Loft , which fome ( fays he ) ...
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Adam afcend againſt alfo Andrew Marvel Angel appear'd beft behold blifs call'd darkneſs death defcend defire delight divine earth elfe erft eternal evil eyes fafe faid fair fame Father fatire fays feat fecond feek feem'd feems fenfe fent ferpent feven feveral fhall fhould fide fight fign fince fire firft firſt fleep fome foon foul fpake fpirits fruit ftate ftill fuch fweet glory hath heav'n heav'nly hell himſelf houfe juft King laft laſt lefs leſs light live loft Milton moft moſt muſt night Paradife pleaſure poem pow'r praiſe prefent publiſhed rais'd reafon reft reply'd return'd rife Satan Serjeant at Arms ſhall ſhape Smectymnuus ſtand ſtate ſtood ſweet tafte thee thefe thence theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand throne tree turn'd uſe vex'd vifit whofe whoſe wings worfe worſe