 ... for preserving of this unity of action they follow them in the disposition of the poem. Milton, in imitation of these two great poets, opens his Paradise Lost with an infernal council plotting the fall of man, which is the action he proposed to celebrate...  The Spectator - Page 671729Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1750 - 674 pages
...difpofition of the poem. Milton, in imitation of thefe two great poets, opens his Paradife Loft with an infernal council plotting the fall of Man, which...celebrate ; and as for thofe great actions, the battle of die Angels, and the creation of the world, (which preceded in point of time, and which, in my opinion,... | |
 | William Dodd, Joseph Addison - 1762 - 264 pages
...Difpoiuioii fition of the Poem. Milton, in Imitation of thefc two great Poets, opens his Paradfe Loft with an infernal Council plotting the Fall of Man; which...is the Action he propofed to celebrate; and as for thofc Great Actions, the Battle of the Angels- and the Creation of ,.he World, (which preceded in Point... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1763 - 1246 pages
...the fubjecl, and yet his poem of Paradife Loft is filled with a multitude of aftonifhing incidents. Thofe great actions, the battle of the angels, and the creation of the world, are great an affinity with the principal fubjtfl. EPISODIC, an epithet given epic poems fwelled too... | |
 | John Milton - 1763 - 670 pages
...of thefe two great poets, opens his Paradife .Loft with gj an an infernal council plotting the iall of Man, which is the action he propofed to celebrate ; and as for thole great adlions, the battle ot the Angels, auci the creation of the world, (which preceded in point... | |
 | English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...the du poC tion of the poem. Milton, in imitation r' two great poets, opens his Paradife Loft with an infernal council plotting the fall of Man, which...is the Action he propofed to celebrate; and as for thole great aftions, the battle of the angels, and the creation of the world, (which preceded in point... | |
 | 1786 - 694 pages
...difpofition of the poem. Milton, in imitation of thefe two great poets, opens his Paradile Loft, with an infernal council plotting the fall of man, which...propofed to celebrate ; and as for thofe great actions, which preceded in point of time, the battle of the angels, and the creation of the world, which would... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...action he proposed to celebrate ; and as for those great actions, which preceded in point of time, the battle of the angels, and the creation of the world, which would have intirely destroyed the unity of his principal action, had he related them in the same order... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...the disposition of the poem. Milton, in imitation of these great poets, opens his Paradise Lost with an infernal council plotting the fall of man, which is the action he proposes to celebrate ; and as for those great actions, the battle of his angels, and the creation... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 302 pages
...disposition of the poem. Milton, in imitation of these two great poets, opens his Paradise Lost with an infernal council plotting the fall of man, which is the action he proposed to celebrate; and as for those great actions, which preceded in point of time, the battle... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...action he proposed to celebrate ; and as for those great actions, which preceded in point of time, the battle of the angels, and the creation of the world, (which would have entirely destroyed the unity of the principle action, had he related them in the same order... | |
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