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An Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns, in His Paradise Lost ... William Lauder No preview available - 2017 |
An Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns, in His Paradise Lost Samuel Johnson,William Lauder No preview available - 2016 |
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Adam Æneid affiftance aftra againſt alfo almoſt alſo amongſt angels antient Antitheus atque Bartas becauſe beſt betwixt book of Paradife borrowed cauſe cœli cœlum compariſon compofing defcription Du Bartas facred faid fame fecond feems fentiments ferpent feveral fhall fhew fince firft firſt fome foul fpeech fpirit Francis Peck ftands fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed furely Grotius guile hæc heav'n heav'n and earth hell himſelf hofts infernal itſelf jefuit laft laſt Latin leaſt Lucifer Mafenius mankind ment mihi Milton moft moſt muſt o'er obferved occafion Olaus Borrichius orbe orbis paffage Paradife Loft perfons Phineas Fletcher Phineus poem poet poetical pow'r praiſe publiſhed purpoſe purſuing quæ quod radife Ramfay Ramfay's reader reaſon reprefents rerum reſemblance ROBERVAL Sarcothea Satan ſeems ſhall ſhould ſtate thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tragedy tranflated univerfal uſe verfe verſes Virgil whofe
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Page 87 - How gladly would I meet Mortality my sentence, and be earth Insensible ! How glad would lay me down As in my mother's lap ! There I should rest, And sleep secure...
Page 121 - And heavenly quires the hymenaean sung, What day the genial Angel to our sire Brought her in naked beauty more adorn'd, More lovely, than Pandora, whom the Gods Endow'd with all their gifts, and O ! too like In sad event, when to the unwiser son Of Japhet brought by Hermes, she ensnared Mankind with her fair looks, to be avenged On him who had stole Jove's authentic fire.
Page 146 - To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Manslaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory, and for glory done Of triumph, to be styled great conquerors, Patrons of mankind, Gods, and sons of Gods, Destroyers rightlier call'd and plagues of men. Thus fame shall be achieved, renown on earth, And what most merits fame in silence hid.
Page 23 - OF Man's firft difobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafte Brought death into the world, and all our woe.
Page 67 - What love sincere, and reverence in my heart I bear thee, and unweeting have offended, Unhappily deceiv'd ! Thy suppliant I beg , and clasp thy knees; bereave me not, Whereon I live, thy gentle looks, thy aid, Thy counsel, in this uttermost distress, My only strength and stay : forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist...
Page 25 - Th' infernal Serpent ; he it was, whose guile Stirr'd up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind, what time his Pride Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in Glory...
Page 70 - That must be mortal to us both. O flow'rs, " That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my...
Page 101 - Open, ye everlasting gates !' they sung ; ' Open, ye heavens ! your living doors ; let in The great Creator, from his work return'd Magnificent, his six days...
Page 137 - From their foundations loos'ning to and fro, They pluck'd the feated hills, with all their load, Rocks, waters, woods, and by the fhaggy tops 645 Up-lifting bore them in their hands.
Page 25 - Illumin, what is low raife and fupport ; That to the height of this great argument I may aflert eternal Providence, 25 And juftify the ways of God to Men.