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... BY DAVID MASSON , M.A. , LL.D. , PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH . VOL I. London : MACMILLAN AND CO . 1874 . LONDON • R. CLAY SONS , AND TAYLOR PRINTERS ,. THE POETICAL WORKS.
... BY DAVID MASSON , M.A. , LL.D. , PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC AND ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH . VOL I. London : MACMILLAN AND CO . 1874 . LONDON • R. CLAY SONS , AND TAYLOR PRINTERS ,. THE POETICAL WORKS.
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... English people with the rule of James and his minister Buckingham , Milton passed his boy- hood . He was most carefully educated , on the princi- ples of a pious Puritan household of superior means and tastes , the head of which was ...
... English people with the rule of James and his minister Buckingham , Milton passed his boy- hood . He was most carefully educated , on the princi- ples of a pious Puritan household of superior means and tastes , the head of which was ...
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... English or in Latin , written at intervals . Here is a list of these in chronological order , the more important printed in capitals , and the Latin distinguished from the English by italics : - ON THE DEATH OF A FAIR INFANT . 1626 . AD ...
... English or in Latin , written at intervals . Here is a list of these in chronological order , the more important printed in capitals , and the Latin distinguished from the English by italics : - ON THE DEATH OF A FAIR INFANT . 1626 . AD ...
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... that was essential in the English Reforma- tion , and brought the Church of England back into the shadow of the Church of Rome . Nor did there seem any hope of deliverance . Laud's supremacy in England seemed xvi Memoir of Milton .
... that was essential in the English Reforma- tion , and brought the Church of England back into the shadow of the Church of Rome . Nor did there seem any hope of deliverance . Laud's supremacy in England seemed xvi Memoir of Milton .
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... English poems . Such , however , is the fact . Here is the list : - Ad Patrem ( among the Sylva ) . 1632 ? L'ALLEGRO . IL PENSEROSO . ARCADES : Part of an Entertainment at Harefield . 1633 or earlier ? COMUS : A Masque presented at ...
... English poems . Such , however , is the fact . Here is the list : - Ad Patrem ( among the Sylva ) . 1632 ? L'ALLEGRO . IL PENSEROSO . ARCADES : Part of an Entertainment at Harefield . 1633 or earlier ? COMUS : A Masque presented at ...
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Page 111 - And Wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial light, Shine inward, and the mind, through all her powers, Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 160 - 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 161 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 62 - Innumerable force of Spirits armed, That durst dislike his reign, and, me preferring, His utmost power with adverse power opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven, And shook his throne. What though the field be lost ? All is not lost — the unconquerable will. And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield ; And what is else not to be overcome ? That glory never shall his wrath or might no Extort from me.
Page 171 - Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers ; Hear my decree, which unrevoked shall stand. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son, and on this holy hill Him have anointed, whom ye now behold At my right hand; your head I him appoint; And by myself have sworn, to him shall bow All knees in heaven, and shall confess him Lord...
Page 63 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
Page 316 - There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight...
Page 146 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 161 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle multiform, and mix And nourish all things, let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 171 - This is dispensed, and what surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best — though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on Earth is thought...