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Page 11
... poet lets us know, that the first woman immediately after her creation ran to a looking-glass, and became so enamoured of her own face, that she had never removed to view any of the other works of nature, had not she been led off to a ...
... poet lets us know, that the first woman immediately after her creation ran to a looking-glass, and became so enamoured of her own face, that she had never removed to view any of the other works of nature, had not she been led off to a ...
Page 16
... poet in the preceding speech remembered those two passages, which are spoken of on the like occasion, and filled with the same pleasing images of nature.* " My beloved spake, and said unto me, Kise up, my love, my fair one, and come ...
... poet in the preceding speech remembered those two passages, which are spoken of on the like occasion, and filled with the same pleasing images of nature.* " My beloved spake, and said unto me, Kise up, my love, my fair one, and come ...
Page 117
... poet's works. Milton never fails of improving his own hints, and bestowing the last finishing touches in every incident which is admitted into his poem. The unexpected hiss which rises in this episode, the dimensions and bulk of Satan ...
... poet's works. Milton never fails of improving his own hints, and bestowing the last finishing touches in every incident which is admitted into his poem. The unexpected hiss which rises in this episode, the dimensions and bulk of Satan ...
Page 120
... poet could find such apt words and phrases to describe the actions of those two imaginary persons, and particularly in that part where Death is exhibited as forming a bridge over the chaos ; a work suitable to the genius of Milton ...
... poet could find such apt words and phrases to describe the actions of those two imaginary persons, and particularly in that part where Death is exhibited as forming a bridge over the chaos ; a work suitable to the genius of Milton ...
Page 121
... poet could have bestowed upon her in the richness of his imagination. addisok. L. No. 3->8. MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1712. Desipere in loco. hor. 4, od. xil. ult. 'Tis wisdom 'i part some-timed to play the fool. Charles Lilly attended me the ...
... poet could have bestowed upon her in the richness of his imagination. addisok. L. No. 3->8. MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1712. Desipere in loco. hor. 4, od. xil. ult. 'Tis wisdom 'i part some-timed to play the fool. Charles Lilly attended me the ...
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