The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Volume 2C. and J. Rivington; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; J. and W.T. Clarke; Longman and Company; ... [and 17 others], 1826 |
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Page xxxiv
... throne " Beseeching or besieging . " " Which tempted our attempt . " " At one slight bound high overleap'd all bound . ” I know there are figures of this kind of speech , that some of the greatest ancients have been guilty of it , and ...
... throne " Beseeching or besieging . " " Which tempted our attempt . " " At one slight bound high overleap'd all bound . ” I know there are figures of this kind of speech , that some of the greatest ancients have been guilty of it , and ...
Page lviii
... throne , and his flight through the choirs of Angels , are finely imaged . As Milton every where fills his Poem with circumstances that are marvellous and astonishing , he describes the gate of Heaven as framed after such a manner ...
... throne , and his flight through the choirs of Angels , are finely imaged . As Milton every where fills his Poem with circumstances that are marvellous and astonishing , he describes the gate of Heaven as framed after such a manner ...
Page lxvi
... throne . Homer afterwards describes Vulcan as pouring down a storm of fire upon the river Xanthus , and Mi- nerva as throwing a rock at Mars ; who , he tells us , covered seven acres in his fall . As Homer has introduced into his battle ...
... throne . Homer afterwards describes Vulcan as pouring down a storm of fire upon the river Xanthus , and Mi- nerva as throwing a rock at Mars ; who , he tells us , covered seven acres in his fall . As Homer has introduced into his battle ...
Page lxix
... Thrones , " And Virtues , winged Spirits , and chariots wing'd " From the armoury of God ; where stand of old 66 Myriads , between two brazen mountains lodg'd Against a solemn day , harness'd at hand , " Celestial equipage ; and now ...
... Thrones , " And Virtues , winged Spirits , and chariots wing'd " From the armoury of God ; where stand of old 66 Myriads , between two brazen mountains lodg'd Against a solemn day , harness'd at hand , " Celestial equipage ; and now ...
Page lxxxviii
... throne : And the smoke of the in- cense , which came with the prayers of the saints , ascended up before God . " We have the same thought expressed a second time in the intercession of the Messiah , which is conceived in very emphatical ...
... throne : And the smoke of the in- cense , which came with the prayers of the saints , ascended up before God . " We have the same thought expressed a second time in the intercession of the Messiah , which is conceived in very emphatical ...
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