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... less but more Heroic than the wrauth Of stern Achilles on his Foe pursu'd Thrice Fugitive about Troy Wall ; or rage Of Turnus for Lavinia disespous'd , Or Neptun's ire or Juno's , that so long Perplex'd the Greek and Cytherea's Son ...
... less but more Heroic than the wrauth Of stern Achilles on his Foe pursu'd Thrice Fugitive about Troy Wall ; or rage Of Turnus for Lavinia disespous'd , Or Neptun's ire or Juno's , that so long Perplex'd the Greek and Cytherea's Son ...
Page 42
... Less than Arch Angel ruind , and th'excess Of Glory obscur'd : 1.591-94 This splendor receives an added emphasis from the fact that it is set against the flattering background of Hell . On Satan's side , too , is the reader's own ...
... Less than Arch Angel ruind , and th'excess Of Glory obscur'd : 1.591-94 This splendor receives an added emphasis from the fact that it is set against the flattering background of Hell . On Satan's side , too , is the reader's own ...
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... less faire , Less winning soft , less amiablie milde , Then that smooth watry image ; back I turnd Thou following cryd'st aloud , Return faire Eve , Whom fli'st thou ? whom thou fli'st , of him thou art , His flesh , his bone ; to give ...
... less faire , Less winning soft , less amiablie milde , Then that smooth watry image ; back I turnd Thou following cryd'st aloud , Return faire Eve , Whom fli'st thou ? whom thou fli'st , of him thou art , His flesh , his bone ; to give ...
Contents
Chapter One FIT AUDIENCE | 1 |
Chapter Two NOT LESS BUT MORE HEROIC ས ༤ | 40 |
Chapter Four THE VEIL OF INNOCENCE | 67 |
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Achilles Adam and Eve Adam's Aeneas Aeneid allusion amorous authors beauty bee simile begins blank verse Book of Paradise borrowing Burning Lake Carthage comparison context death describes device Dido Dido's dream Dryden Earth edition editors English epic episode epithet Eve's eyes fact Fall Fallen Angels Fourth Book Georgic glory gods grammar Greek Heaven Hell hero heroic Homer Homer and Virgil Horace Iliad imitation influence innocent Juno Jupiter kind language Latin lines literary London meaning metaphor Milton Criticism mind Mount Ida Neoptolemus note to P.L. numbers Odysseus Odyssey Ovid Paradise Lost parallel passage Phaethon Phoebus phrase poem poet poetic poetry quoted Raphael reader Renaissance rhetorical rhythmical Roman Salmoneus Satan schoolboy sense serpents shore simile spear speech Spenser structure style Tellus thee thir thou tion Tityos tradition translation Trojans Troy Turnus Typhon verbal echo Virgil Virgilian writes Zeus