Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to Churchill ...J. Bell, 1776 |
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... best writers , to be very dif fident in deciding the merit of their own productions . And thus , having attended him to the fixty - fixth year of his age , as closely as fuch imperfect lights as men of letters and retirement ufually ...
... best writers , to be very dif fident in deciding the merit of their own productions . And thus , having attended him to the fixty - fixth year of his age , as closely as fuch imperfect lights as men of letters and retirement ufually ...
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... best invented story I ever met with . It is poffible that the traditions on which the Iliad and Æneid were built had more circumstances in them than the history of the fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture : besides , it was ...
... best invented story I ever met with . It is poffible that the traditions on which the Iliad and Æneid were built had more circumstances in them than the history of the fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture : besides , it was ...
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... best critic , was also one of the best logi- cians that ever appeared in the world . Mr. Locke's Essay on Human Understanding would be thought a very odd book for a man to make him- self master of who would get a reputation by critical ...
... best critic , was also one of the best logi- cians that ever appeared in the world . Mr. Locke's Essay on Human Understanding would be thought a very odd book for a man to make him- self master of who would get a reputation by critical ...
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... best English tragedies , as a thing of itself , to all judicious ears , trivial , and of no true musical delight ; which confifis only in apt numbers , fit quantity of fyllables , and the fenfe variously drawn out from one verfe into ...
... best English tragedies , as a thing of itself , to all judicious ears , trivial , and of no true musical delight ; which confifis only in apt numbers , fit quantity of fyllables , and the fenfe variously drawn out from one verfe into ...
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... best , 245 Whom reas'on hath equall'd , force hath made fupreme Above his equals . Farewel happy fields , Where Joy for ever dwells : Hail Horrors , hail 250 Infernal World , and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new poffeffor ; one who ...
... best , 245 Whom reas'on hath equall'd , force hath made fupreme Above his equals . Farewel happy fields , Where Joy for ever dwells : Hail Horrors , hail 250 Infernal World , and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new poffeffor ; one who ...
Términos y frases comunes
Adam Adam and Eve Æneid againſt alſo angels appear'd arm'd arms beast becauſe behold beſt bright call'd cherubim cloud creatures dark darkneſs death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth eternal evil eyes Fable faid fair fame Father fhall fight fince fire firſt fome fons foon foul fruit fuch gate glory gods grace hand happy hast hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell hill himſelf Iliad itſelf JOHN MILTON King laſt lefs leſs light live loft mankind Milton moſt muſt night o'er obferved ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST perfons pleas'd poem poet praiſe rais'd reign reply'd return'd round Satan seem'd serpent ſeveral ſhall ſhape ſhould spake Spi'rit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſuch ſweet taſte thee thence theſe thine things thoſe thou thoughts throne tree turn'd uſe vex'd Virgil wand'ring whence whofe whoſe wings worſe
Pasajes populares
Página 107 - But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar's shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...
Página 201 - For God is also in sleep ; and dreams advise, Which he hath sent propitious, some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep: but now lead on— In me is no delay : with thee to go, Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence. This further consolation yet secure I carry hence ; though all by me is lost, Such favour I, unworthy, am...
Página 53 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 199 - And all the rule, one empire; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest : then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
Página 98 - This may be well; but what if God have seen, And death ensue? then I shall be no more, And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct: A death to think...
Página 137 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Página 25 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but heavenly born, Before the hills appear'd or fountain flow'd, Thou with eternal Wisdom didst converse, Wisdom thy sister, and with her didst play In presence of the Almighty Father, pleased With thy celestial song.
Página 49 - To ask or search, I blame thee not; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Página 187 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
Página 160 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages, and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers T In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace...