The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8Pafraets Book Company, 1908 |
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Pagina 60
... observations and reports . Mr. Philips observes , that there was a very remark- able circumstance in the composure of Paradise Lost , " which I have a particular reason , " says he , " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it ...
... observations and reports . Mr. Philips observes , that there was a very remark- able circumstance in the composure of Paradise Lost , " which I have a particular reason , " says he , " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it ...
Pagina 80
... observed , that they who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it . What we know of Milton's character , in domestick relations , is , that he was severe and arbitrary . His family consisted of women ; and there ...
... observed , that they who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it . What we know of Milton's character , in domestick relations , is , that he was severe and arbitrary . His family consisted of women ; and there ...
Pagina 87
... observe the glory of the rising sun , or listen to the singing milkmaid , and view the labours of the ploughman and the mower : then casts his eyes about him over scenes of smiling plenty , and looks up to the distant tower , the ...
... observe the glory of the rising sun , or listen to the singing milkmaid , and view the labours of the ploughman and the mower : then casts his eyes about him over scenes of smiling plenty , and looks up to the distant tower , the ...
Pagina 95
... justly remarks , which no observation of character can justify , because no good man would willingly permit them to pass , however transiently , through * Author of the Essay on Study . his own mind . To make Satan speak as a 95 MILTON.
... justly remarks , which no observation of character can justify , because no good man would willingly permit them to pass , however transiently , through * Author of the Essay on Study . his own mind . To make Satan speak as a 95 MILTON.
Pagina 97
... observed , that no part of the action could have been accomplished by any other means . Of episodes , I think , there are only two , contained in Raphael's relation of the war in heaven , and Michael's prophetick account of the changes ...
... observed , that no part of the action could have been accomplished by any other means . Of episodes , I think , there are only two , contained in Raphael's relation of the war in heaven , and Michael's prophetick account of the changes ...
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