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Page 63
Lucifer , ACT III , Death . Adam . Lucifer contriving Adam ' s ruin . Labour , 7 Eve .
Chorus fears for Adam , and relates Lucifer ' s Sickness Conscience , rebellion
and fall . Discontent , Mutes Labour , ACT IV . Ignorance Sickness , with others ; j
...
Lucifer , ACT III , Death . Adam . Lucifer contriving Adam ' s ruin . Labour , 7 Eve .
Chorus fears for Adam , and relates Lucifer ' s Sickness Conscience , rebellion
and fall . Discontent , Mutes Labour , ACT IV . Ignorance Sickness , with others ; j
...
Page 90
In the Prometheus of Ęschylus we see Violence and Strength , and in the
Alcestis of Euripides , we see Death , brought upon the stage , all as active
persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity , Milton ' s allegory
of Sin and ...
In the Prometheus of Ęschylus we see Violence and Strength , and in the
Alcestis of Euripides , we see Death , brought upon the stage , all as active
persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity , Milton ' s allegory
of Sin and ...
Page 272
As he thought himself qualified to become a popular preacher , he displayed his
clocution with great success in the pulpits of London ; but the queen ' s death
putting an end to his expectations , abated his diligence : ' and Pope represents
him ...
As he thought himself qualified to become a popular preacher , he displayed his
clocution with great success in the pulpits of London ; but the queen ' s death
putting an end to his expectations , abated his diligence : ' and Pope represents
him ...
Page 313
Cato receives the news of his “ son ' s death not only with dry eyes , but with a
sort of satisfaction ; and “ in the same page sheds tears for the calaınity of his
country , and does " the same thing in the next page upon the bare apprehension
of ...
Cato receives the news of his “ son ' s death not only with dry eyes , but with a
sort of satisfaction ; and “ in the same page sheds tears for the calaınity of his
country , and does " the same thing in the next page upon the bare apprehension
of ...
Page 450
... and that he thought it his interest to extinguish the memory of the first tragedy ,
which he could only do by writing one less defective upon the same story ; by
which he should entirely defeat the artifice of the booksellers , who , after the
death ...
... and that he thought it his interest to extinguish the memory of the first tragedy ,
which he could only do by writing one less defective upon the same story ; by
which he should entirely defeat the artifice of the booksellers , who , after the
death ...
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| Title | Lives Volume 1 of The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | A. Miller, 1800 |
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