The Works of the English Poets: PrefacesH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... lived five years ; in which time he is faid to have read all the Greek and La- tin writers . With what limitations this univerfality is to be understood , who fhall inform us ? It might be fuppofed that he who read fo much It 14 MILTON ...
... lived five years ; in which time he is faid to have read all the Greek and La- tin writers . With what limitations this univerfality is to be understood , who fhall inform us ? It might be fuppofed that he who read fo much It 14 MILTON ...
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... lived at Horton he used fometimes to steal from his ftudies a few days , which he spent at Harefield , the house of the countefs dowager of Derby , where 7 where the Arcades made part of a dra- matick entertainment 16 MILT O N.
... lived at Horton he used fometimes to steal from his ftudies a few days , which he spent at Harefield , the house of the countefs dowager of Derby , where 7 where the Arcades made part of a dra- matick entertainment 16 MILT O N.
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... lived longer in this place than in any other . • He was now bufied by Paradife Loft . Whence he drew the original defign has been variously conjectured , by men who cannot bear to think themselves igno- rant of that which , at laft ...
... lived longer in this place than in any other . • He was now bufied by Paradife Loft . Whence he drew the original defign has been variously conjectured , by men who cannot bear to think themselves igno- rant of that which , at laft ...
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... had full con- viction of the truth of Chriftianity , and to have regarded the Holy Scriptures with the profoundeft veneration , to have been untainted by any heretical pecu liarity liarity of opinion , and to have lived in a 140 MILTON.
... had full con- viction of the truth of Chriftianity , and to have regarded the Holy Scriptures with the profoundeft veneration , to have been untainted by any heretical pecu liarity liarity of opinion , and to have lived in a 140 MILTON.
Halaman 141
... parents as pray- ing acceptably in the ftate of innocence , and effiaciously after their fall . That he lived without prayer can hardly be af firmed ; firmed ; his ftudies and meditations were an habitual prayer MILTON . 140.
... parents as pray- ing acceptably in the ftate of innocence , and effiaciously after their fall . That he lived without prayer can hardly be af firmed ; firmed ; his ftudies and meditations were an habitual prayer MILTON . 140.
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Adam againſt allegory anfwer angels appears becauſe Butler caufe cenfure Chorus Comus Confcience confidered curiofity daugh daughter defcend defcribed defign defire delight diction diſcover eafily epick poem Euripides fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond fecretary feems fent fentiments feven fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fpirits ftate ftudies fubject fuch fuffered fufficiently fufpected fupplied fuppofed fure hiftory himſelf houfe houſe Hudibras images inftruction John Milton king labour laft Latin leaft learning lefs Lycidas ment Milton mind moft moſt mufick muft muſt neceffary nefs never numbers obfervation occafion opinion paffions Paradife Loft perfons perhaps perufal philofophy pleaſe pleaſure poet poetry poffible pounds praife praiſe prefent preferve profe promife publick publiſhed queftion racter radife raiſed reafon refidence regicides reprefented rhyme Salmafius ſcenes ſtudy thefe Theſe thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand univerfity uſe vifited Weft whofe write
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Halaman 27 - innovators whom I oppofe are turning off attention from life to nature. They feem to think', that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants, or the motions of the ftars. Socrates was rather of opinion, that what we had to learn was, how to do good, and avoid evil. "Or//
Halaman 25 - whether we wifh to be ufeful or pleafing, .the firft requifite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the hiftory of mankind, and with thofe examples which maybe faid to embody truth, and prove by events the reafonablenefs
Halaman 22 - Ihould be degraded to a fchoolmafter; but fince it cannot be denied that he taught boys, one finds out that he taught for nothing, and another that his motive was only zeal for the propagation of learning and virtue; and all tell what they do not know to be true,, only to excufe an
Halaman 136 - .was not of the church of England. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide. by. degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and
Halaman 23 - by an honeft and ufeful employment. It is told, that in the art of education he performed wonders; and a formidable lift is given of the authors, Greek and Latin, that were read in Alderfgate-ftreet, by youth between ten and fifteen or fixteen years of age. Thofe who tell or receive thefe ftories,
Halaman 151 - We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten^ and though it be allowed that the reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, •that it is never fought, becaufe it cannot be known when it
Halaman 147 - them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lufcioufly elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by * the exquifite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of the diction, and the harmony of the numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of
Halaman 216 - melody of numbers, and therefore tires by long continuance. Of the Italian writers without rhyme, whom Milton alleges as precedents, not one is popular ; what reafon could urge in its •defence, has been confuted by the ear. But, whatever be the advantage of rhyme, I cannot prevail on myfelf to wifh
Halaman 6 - fortunate poet to his new patron. At " laft an appointment was made, and " the place of meeting was agreed to " be the Roebuck. Mr. Butler and " his friend attended accordingly: the ** duke joined them; but, as the d—1 " would have it, the door of the room ** where they fat was open, and his
Halaman 165 - however adapted to the Italian language, has never fucceeded in ours, which, having greater variety of termination, requires the rhymes to be often changed. Thofe little pieces may be difpatched without -much anxiety; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradife Loft; a poem, which, •confidered with