Search Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »
Sign in
Books Books
" Their gods ridiculous, and themselves past shame. Remove their swelling epithets, thick laid As varnish on a harlot's cheek, the rest, Thin sown with aught of profit or delight, Will far be found unworthy to compare With Sion's songs, to all true tastes... "
The English Journal of Education - Page 320
1847
Full view - About this book

Milton, Poet of Exile

Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...Remove their swelling Epithetes thick laid As varnish on a Harlots cheek, the rest, Thin sown with aught of profit or delight, Will far be found unworthy to compare With Sion's songs, to all true tasts excelling, Where God is prais'd aright, and Godlike men, The Holiest of Holies, and his Saints;...
Limited preview - About this book

Literary Theory/Renaissance Texts

Patricia A. Parker, David Quint - European literature - 1986 - 416 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ]
Snippet view - About this book

Literary Theory/Renaissance Texts

Patricia A. Parker, David Quint - European literature - 1986 - 416 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ]
Snippet view - About this book

Literary Theory/Renaissance Texts

Patricia A. Parker, David Quint - European literature - 1986 - 422 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ]
Snippet view - About this book

Literary Theory/Renaissance Texts

Patricia A. Parker, David Quint - European literature - 1986 - 416 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ]
Snippet view - About this book

John Milton and the Transformation of Ancient Epic

Charles Martindale - Classical poetry - 1986 - 239 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ]
No preview available - About this book

"Such Prompt Eloquence": Language as Agency and Character in Milton's Epics

Leonard Mustazza - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 188 pages
...of this aside remains mysterious. rests on the surface. It is all show and no substance: Remove thir swelling Epithets thick laid As varnish on a Harlot's cheek, the rest, Thin sown with aught of profit or delight Will far be found unworthy to compare With Sion's songs. . . . (4.343-47)...
Limited preview - About this book

The New Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century Verse

Alastair Fowler - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 888 pages
[ Sorry, this page's content is restricted ]
Snippet view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF