A Critical Dissertation with Notes on Milton's Paradise RegainedMillar, 1748 - 49 pages |
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... Shade fkilfully inter- mixed , will form a beautiful Landskip , and will fur- nish out a pleafing Amusement to the Mind . But when Images of moral Beauty are exhibited to view ; when blended Colours are made expreffive of Diftrefs , of ...
... Shade fkilfully inter- mixed , will form a beautiful Landskip , and will fur- nish out a pleafing Amusement to the Mind . But when Images of moral Beauty are exhibited to view ; when blended Colours are made expreffive of Diftrefs , of ...
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... fullen Wings to double - shade The Defart ; Fowls in their clay Nefts were couch'd , And now wild Beafts came forth the Woods to roam ! CHAP . S CHA P. II . ATAN having left our Saviour He added not; and Satan, bowing low ...
... fullen Wings to double - shade The Defart ; Fowls in their clay Nefts were couch'd , And now wild Beafts came forth the Woods to roam ! CHAP . S CHA P. II . ATAN having left our Saviour He added not; and Satan, bowing low ...
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... Birds refounding loud ; Thither he bent his Way , determin'd there To reft at Noon , and enter'd foon the Shade High - rooft , and Walks beneath , and Alleys brown That " That open'd in the midst a woody Scene , Nature's ( 16 )
... Birds refounding loud ; Thither he bent his Way , determin'd there To reft at Noon , and enter'd foon the Shade High - rooft , and Walks beneath , and Alleys brown That " That open'd in the midst a woody Scene , Nature's ( 16 )
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... Shade , A Table richly fpread , in regal Mode , With Dishes pile'd , and Meats of noblest fort And favour , Beafts of Chace , or Fowl of Game , In Paftry built , or from the Spit , or boil'd , Gris - amber- fteam'd , all Fish from Sea ...
... Shade , A Table richly fpread , in regal Mode , With Dishes pile'd , and Meats of noblest fort And favour , Beafts of Chace , or Fowl of Game , In Paftry built , or from the Spit , or boil'd , Gris - amber- fteam'd , all Fish from Sea ...
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... Shades Whose branching Arms thick intertwin'd might shield From Dews and Damps of Night his shelter'd Head , But shelter'd slept in vain ; for at his Head The Tempter watch'd , and foon with ugly Dreams Disturb'd his Sleep : and either ...
... Shades Whose branching Arms thick intertwin'd might shield From Dews and Damps of Night his shelter'd Head , But shelter'd slept in vain ; for at his Head The Tempter watch'd , and foon with ugly Dreams Disturb'd his Sleep : and either ...
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Againſt antient aught Beafts beautiful befides Book caft Defart deferving Defire Delight deſcribed Eaſtern fide Embaffies Epicurean Errata of 1671 fave fcarce feem'd fhould firft firſt fome foon fubdue fuch fweet Mouft Glory and Fame greateſt Herd higheſt himſelf Honour humming Sound infpired Inftruction Jefus is conducted leaſt lefs Lines lively Colours Luft Method of Tempta Milton moſt Mouft is pour'd Mount Palatine Th Mountain Jefus muſt Night nobleft Architects Numbers over-reach'd where leaft Paffions Paradife Loft Paradife Regain'd Parthian Perfons Pleaſure Poem Poet Praife Praiſe Pride Profpect receiv'd refolv'd to renew Repulſe Roman Empire Rome rour Satan Saviour ſeem Senfe ſerve ſhameful Silence brought Socrates Son of God ſpeak ſtately Succefs ſweet Syene Tarpeian Rock Tempter tempting Thebez thee thefe themſelves thence theſe thofe thoſe Tonfon's Edit Underſtanding Unleſs where moral Uſe Verfe veys the Roman Virtue is expreffed Waſte whofe whoſe Wiſdom
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Page 25 - Look once more ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence...
Page 24 - They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations...
Page 23 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other...
Page 18 - Hesperides, that seem'd Fairer than feign'd of old or fabled since Of faery damsels, met in forest wide By knights of Logres, or of Lyones, Lancelot, or Pelleas, or Pellenore.
Page 27 - Wise men have said, are wearisome ; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior, (And what he brings what needs he elsewhere seek?) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books, and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge ; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Page 22 - Of nations ; there the capitol thou seest Above the rest lifting his stately head On the Tarpeian rock, her citadel Impregnable, and there Mount Palatine, The...
Page 24 - Mars the other; Till conqueror Death discover them scarce men, Rolling in brutish vices, and deformed, Violent or shameful death their due reward. But if there be in glory aught of good, It may by means far different be attained Without ambition, war, or violence ; By deeds of peace, by wisdom eminent, By patience, temperance : I mention still Him whom thy wrongs with saintly patience borne Made famous in a land and times obscure.
Page 19 - Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare; more apt To slacken virtue, and abate her edge Than prompt her to do aught may merit praise.
Page 28 - Though rooted deep as high, and sturdiest oaks, Bow'd their stiff necks, loaden with stormy blasts, Or torn up sheer.
Page 25 - Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades. See there the olive grove of Academe, Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long; There flowery hill Hymettus, with the sound Of bees...