Paradise Lost: A PoemBaudry, 1833 - 351 pages |
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Page vii
... earth I.J On his return to London , he undertook the education 1. Johnson says he was imprisoned for philosophical heresy ; phrase as absurd as illiberal ; for if the Deity is known by his works , those who contemplate them most , and ...
... earth I.J On his return to London , he undertook the education 1. Johnson says he was imprisoned for philosophical heresy ; phrase as absurd as illiberal ; for if the Deity is known by his works , those who contemplate them most , and ...
Page xxiv
... earth , rebellion against the Supreme King , raised by the highest order of created beings ; the overthrow of their host , and the punishment of their crime ; the creation of a new race of reasonable creatures ; their original happiness ...
... earth , rebellion against the Supreme King , raised by the highest order of created beings ; the overthrow of their host , and the punishment of their crime ; the creation of a new race of reasonable creatures ; their original happiness ...
Page xxvi
... earth , and tell of things visible and known . When he cannot raise wonder by the sublimity of his mind , he gives delights by its fertility , « Whatever be his subject , he never fails to fill the imagi- nation . But his images and ...
... earth , and tell of things visible and known . When he cannot raise wonder by the sublimity of his mind , he gives delights by its fertility , « Whatever be his subject , he never fails to fill the imagi- nation . But his images and ...
Page xxix
... earth ; for what other author ever soared so high , or sus- tained his flight so long ? < « < Such , » concludes the critic , « are the defects of that wonderful performance « Paradise Lost , which he , who could put in balance with its ...
... earth ; for what other author ever soared so high , or sus- tained his flight so long ? < « < Such , » concludes the critic , « are the defects of that wonderful performance « Paradise Lost , which he , who could put in balance with its ...
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... Earth , and punished by Heaven . The parts of it are related in the most distinct manner , and grow out of each other in the most natural order . The third qualification of an epic poem is , its greatness . The anger of Achilles was of ...
... Earth , and punished by Heaven . The parts of it are related in the most distinct manner , and grow out of each other in the most natural order . The third qualification of an epic poem is , its greatness . The anger of Achilles was of ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Æneid Almighty angels appear'd Aristotle arm'd arms beast behold blank verse bliss bright burning lake call'd celestial Cherub cherubim cloud creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth epic poem eternal evil eyes fable fair Fair angel faith fall'n Father fear fierce fire fix'd fruit glory gods grace hand happy hath heard heart heaven heavenly hell hill Homer Iliad join'd king lest light live mankind Messiah Milton mind nature night numbers o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd peace pleas'd poem poet praise rais'd reign return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd serpent shade shalt sight soon spake spirits stood sublime sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd Virgil voice whence wings wonder words