The Poetical Works of John Milton: Edited, with Memoir, Introductions, Notes, and an Essay on Milton's English and Versification, Volumen3Macmillan and Company, limited, 1903 |
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... syllables , and to avoid harsh or difficult conjunctions of consonants , except when there might be a musical reason for harshness or difficulty . In the management of the letter s , the frequency of which in English is one of the ...
... syllables , and to avoid harsh or difficult conjunctions of consonants , except when there might be a musical reason for harshness or difficulty . In the management of the letter s , the frequency of which in English is one of the ...
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... syllables of conscience , five of contemplation , etc. The metre itself directs the reader in such cases . III . PECULIARITIES OF GRAMMATICAL INFLECTION . Such of these as need be noticed here distribute them- selves , of course , among ...
... syllables of conscience , five of contemplation , etc. The metre itself directs the reader in such cases . III . PECULIARITIES OF GRAMMATICAL INFLECTION . Such of these as need be noticed here distribute them- selves , of course , among ...
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... syllables might advise avoiding the inflection altogether by saying " the laws of Lycurgus , " etc. Milton has asses jaw ( i.e. , in our spelling , ass's jaw ) ; but his general practice in such words is not to double the s ; thus ...
... syllables might advise avoiding the inflection altogether by saying " the laws of Lycurgus , " etc. Milton has asses jaw ( i.e. , in our spelling , ass's jaw ) ; but his general practice in such words is not to double the s ; thus ...
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... syllables for longs and unaccented for shorts , there is a superior convenience in some respects in the mode of scanning English verse adopted by Dr. Latham in his 206 MILTON'S ENGLISH : Milton's Versification and his place in the His ...
... syllables for longs and unaccented for shorts , there is a superior convenience in some respects in the mode of scanning English verse adopted by Dr. Latham in his 206 MILTON'S ENGLISH : Milton's Versification and his place in the His ...
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... syllable and - for a syllable , or part of a foot , in defect , we can express the peculiarities for which the terms hypermetrical , catalectic , etc. , are used in classical Prosody . We shall employ this mode of notation , with some ...
... syllable and - for a syllable , or part of a foot , in defect , we can express the peculiarities for which the terms hypermetrical , catalectic , etc. , are used in classical Prosody . We shall employ this mode of notation , with some ...
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Página 275 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes, and groves ; And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune...
Página 91 - TRAGEDY, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems : therefore said by Aristotle to be of power, by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions ; that is, to temper and reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight, stirred up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated.
Página 6 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 179 - Farewell happy fields, Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Página 144 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast ; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame ; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Página 230 - Sweet echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale Where the love-lorn nightingale Nightly to thee her sad song mourneth well: Canst thou not tell me of a gentle pair That likest thy Narcissus are? O, if thou have Hid them in some flowery cave, Tell me but where, Sweet Queen of Parley, Daughter of the Sphere! So may'st thou be translated to the skies, And give resounding grace to all Heaven's harmonies!
Página 281 - He asked the waves, and asked the felon winds, What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain? And questioned every gust of rugged wings That blows from off each beaked promontory: They knew not of his story...
Página 227 - With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish, and doubt, and fear, and sorrow, and pain, From mortal or immortal minds.
Página 95 - A little onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on; For yonder bank hath choice of sun or shade; There I am wont to sit, when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil, Daily...
Página 80 - Then to the well-trod stage anon If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.