The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Bind 9–10 |
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... poem . He looks down into that vast hollow of the universe with the eye , or , as Milton calls it in his first book , with the ken of an angel . He surveys all the wonders in this immense amphi- theatre that lie between both the poles ...
... poem . He looks down into that vast hollow of the universe with the eye , or , as Milton calls it in his first book , with the ken of an angel . He surveys all the wonders in this immense amphi- theatre that lie between both the poles ...
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... an excrescence , than as an essential part of the poem . The same obser- vation might be applied to that beautiful digression upon hypocrisy in the same book . Ꮮ No. 316. MONDAY , MARCH 3 , 1711-12 . Libertas D3 NO . 315 . 29 SPECTATOR .
... an excrescence , than as an essential part of the poem . The same obser- vation might be applied to that beautiful digression upon hypocrisy in the same book . Ꮮ No. 316. MONDAY , MARCH 3 , 1711-12 . Libertas D3 NO . 315 . 29 SPECTATOR .
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... poem's finely writ ; It must affect and captivate the soul . THOSE Who know how many volumes have been written on the poems of Homer and Virgil will easily pardon the length of my discourse upon Mil- ton . The Paradise Lost is looked ...
... poem's finely writ ; It must affect and captivate the soul . THOSE Who know how many volumes have been written on the poems of Homer and Virgil will easily pardon the length of my discourse upon Mil- ton . The Paradise Lost is looked ...
Side 56
... poem , I have not bound myself scrupulously to the rules which any one of them has laid down upon that art , but have taken the liberty sometimes to join with one , and some- times with another , and sometimes to differ from all of them ...
... poem , I have not bound myself scrupulously to the rules which any one of them has laid down upon that art , but have taken the liberty sometimes to join with one , and some- times with another , and sometimes to differ from all of them ...
Side 57
... poem , wherein the sentiments and allusions are not taken from this their delightful habitation . The reader ... poems wherein shepherds are actors , the thoughts ought always to take a tincture from the woods , fields , and rivers ; so ...
... poem , wherein the sentiments and allusions are not taken from this their delightful habitation . The reader ... poems wherein shepherds are actors , the thoughts ought always to take a tincture from the woods , fields , and rivers ; so ...
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Side 231 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread ; My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious lonely wilds I stray.
Side 177 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Side 338 - The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear.
Side 339 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day.
Side 175 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up...
Side 265 - 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. In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
Side 160 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way ; And oft, as if her head she bow'd, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Side 247 - And strait conjunction with this sex: for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her...
Side 337 - And bid new music charm th' unfolding ear: The dumb shall sing, the lame his crutch forego, And leap exulting like the bounding roe. No sigh, no murmur, the wide world shall hear. From every face he wipes off every tear. In adamantine chains shall Death be bound. And Hell's grim tyrant feel th
Side 334 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.