...gates is very poetical, as the opening of them is full of Milton's spirit. ...«..-.M.. .............. On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowesf bottom shook Of Erebus. She open'd, but to shut Excell'd...

...impetuous arrow whizzes on the wing. PoPE. and the creaking of hell-gates, in the description by Milton Open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors; and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder. But many beauties of this kind, which the moderns and perhaps the ancients,...

...torments. The description of the gates is very poetical, as the opening of them is full of Milton's spirit. -On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus. She open'd, but to shut Excell'd...

...from a book of no greater authority: in describing the gates of hell, book ii. v. 879. he says, • On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder. In the history of Don Bellianes, when one of the knights approaches, as...

...great advantage, the poet's art. The first is the opening of hell's gates : On a sudden, open iiy> With impetuous recoil, and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors ; and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder. . . . Bi Observe, now, the smoothness of the other : •,. ....Heaven opened...

...the two exhibits to great advantage the art of the poet. The first is the opening of hell's gates ; -On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors ; and on their hinges grate Harih thunder. • • Observe the smoothness of the othqr; -Heaven open'd wide Her ever...

...the stanza already quoted from Tasso. (d) The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. Pope. On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder Par. Lost, II. 179. See also Homer's Iliad, lib. 3. vers. 363. and Clarke'*...

...from a book of no greater authority ; in describing the gates of hell, book ii. v. 879, he says, ., On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder. In the history of Don Eellianis, when one of the knights approaches, as...

...general ideas as are common to many. 214 Thus in Milton's description of the gates of helf opening — On a sudden open fly With impetuous recoil and jarring sound Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder. PL 2. 879— the word " recoil" exhibits, not motion in general, but distinguishes...

...copied from a book of no greater authority: in describing the gates of hell, book ii. v. 879. he says, On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder. In the history of Don fiellianis, when one of the knights approaches, as...