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... sense . It is strange that this sense should not have been noted in commentaries or in the O.E.D. But most of the words used by Milton in their Latin senses were , as I have said , current English of the time . The difficulty for the ...
... sense . It is strange that this sense should not have been noted in commentaries or in the O.E.D. But most of the words used by Milton in their Latin senses were , as I have said , current English of the time . The difficulty for the ...
Page 73
... sense in O.E.D. is dated 1663 ) . ' Combustion ' in the Latin sense of ' utter confusion , destruction ' occurs in Shakespeare : And prophesying with accents terrible Of dire combustion and confus'd events . which corresponds to ...
... sense in O.E.D. is dated 1663 ) . ' Combustion ' in the Latin sense of ' utter confusion , destruction ' occurs in Shakespeare : And prophesying with accents terrible Of dire combustion and confus'd events . which corresponds to ...
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... sense of ' coruscating , flashing , quivering ' , but this , I think , is a mistake ; the next quotation in the O.E.D. under this sense is from Beckford's Vathek ( 1786 ) , and this looks like Beckford's misinterpretation of Milton's ...
... sense of ' coruscating , flashing , quivering ' , but this , I think , is a mistake ; the next quotation in the O.E.D. under this sense is from Beckford's Vathek ( 1786 ) , and this looks like Beckford's misinterpretation of Milton's ...
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