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... language . . . so orig- inal and noble in its plan and contrivance , and wrought up with such wonderful art , " that " there is a nobleness and sublimity in the whole . . . which transcends , perhaps , that of any other poem . " 3 Still ...
... language . . . so orig- inal and noble in its plan and contrivance , and wrought up with such wonderful art , " that " there is a nobleness and sublimity in the whole . . . which transcends , perhaps , that of any other poem . " 3 Still ...
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... that Ann Yearsley , the Bristol milkwoman , was " well acquainted " with the epic but ignorant of Milton's having written anything else ( Mo. Rev. , lxxiii . 218 ) . 2 Penseroso " the finest poem in the English language MILTON'S FAME 9.
... that Ann Yearsley , the Bristol milkwoman , was " well acquainted " with the epic but ignorant of Milton's having written anything else ( Mo. Rev. , lxxiii . 218 ) . 2 Penseroso " the finest poem in the English language MILTON'S FAME 9.
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... language , and will probably for ever remain unrivalled . " John Aikin said much the same , ranking the octosyllabics as " perhaps the most captivating pieces of the descriptive kind that all poetry affords " ; while Christopher Smart ...
... language , and will probably for ever remain unrivalled . " John Aikin said much the same , ranking the octosyllabics as " perhaps the most captivating pieces of the descriptive kind that all poetry affords " ; while Christopher Smart ...
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... Language , 2d ed . , 1786 , iii . 68 n . ) . John Constable , in his Reflections upon Accuracy of Style ( 1731 , pp . 14–16 ) , quotes from Paradise Lost four times in three suc- cessive pages ; Daniel Webb , in Observations on Poetry ...
... Language , 2d ed . , 1786 , iii . 68 n . ) . John Constable , in his Reflections upon Accuracy of Style ( 1731 , pp . 14–16 ) , quotes from Paradise Lost four times in three suc- cessive pages ; Daniel Webb , in Observations on Poetry ...
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... Language " ( noted by Good , pp . 127-8 ) ; Catharine Macaulay's Modest Plea for Copy Right ( 1774 , p . 23 ) , where it is described as " a Poem , whose merit is of such magnitude , that it is impossible for a genius inferior to his ...
... Language " ( noted by Good , pp . 127-8 ) ; Catharine Macaulay's Modest Plea for Copy Right ( 1774 , p . 23 ) , where it is described as " a Poem , whose merit is of such magnitude , that it is impossible for a genius inferior to his ...
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Page 187 - But worthier still of note Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale, Joined in one solemn and capacious grove; Huge trunks! and each particular trunk a growth Of intertwisted fibres serpentine Up-coiling, and inveterately convolved; Nor uniformed with Phantasy, and looks That threaten the profane...
Page 180 - Lastly, whatsoever in religion is holy and sublime, in virtue amiable or grave, whatsoever hath passion or admiration in all the changes of that which is called fortune from without, or the wily subtleties and refluxes of man's thoughts from within ; all these things with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe.
Page 86 - Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights ; And all who since, baptized or infidel, Jousted in Aspramont, or Montalban, Damasco, or Marocco, or Trebisond, Or whom Biserta sent from Afric shore, When Charlemain with all his peerage fell By Fontarabia.
Page 577 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Page 194 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a wondrous depth, Far sinking into splendor — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted ; here, serene pavilions bright, In avenues disposed ; there, towers begirt With...
Page 579 - Olympian games or Pythian fields ; Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of heaven the welkin burns.
Page 578 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 595 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 232 - His wandering step Obedient to high thoughts, has visited The awful ruins of the days of old : Athens, and Tyre, and Balbec, and the waste Where stood Jerusalem, the fallen towers Of Babylon, the eternal pyramids, Memphis and Thebes, and whatsoe'er of strange Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, Dark Ethiopia in her desert hills Conceals.
Page 584 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...