The Paradise Lost: With Notes, Explanatory and CriticalA.S. Barnes & Company, 1850 |
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... give it that sublime kind of entertainment which is suitable to the nature of an heroic poem . In short , if we look into the poems of Homer , Virgil , and Milton , we must observe , that as the great fable is the soul of each poem , so ...
... give it that sublime kind of entertainment which is suitable to the nature of an heroic poem . In short , if we look into the poems of Homer , Virgil , and Milton , we must observe , that as the great fable is the soul of each poem , so ...
Page 67
... give it , or will ever ? How he can Is doubtful ; that he never will is sure . Will he , so wise , let loose at once his ire Belike through impotence , or unaware , To give his enemies their wish , and end Them in his anger , whom his ...
... give it , or will ever ? How he can Is doubtful ; that he never will is sure . Will he , so wise , let loose at once his ire Belike through impotence , or unaware , To give his enemies their wish , and end Them in his anger , whom his ...
Page 457
... give to the finite being of punished man , infinity ? Will he , for the sake of satisfying his extreme rigour . give to man a capacity which does not belong to him - a capacity like his own ? That would be a transcending of the sentence ...
... give to the finite being of punished man , infinity ? Will he , for the sake of satisfying his extreme rigour . give to man a capacity which does not belong to him - a capacity like his own ? That would be a transcending of the sentence ...
Contents
Apostrophe to Light | 1 |
The intercession of the Son of God in their behalf | 22 |
The Almighty Father surveying the whole creation | 118 |
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