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... river - goddess The Story of Sabrina . Milton's in- debtedness to Fletcher . Sabrina , whose intervention frees the im- prisoned lady and brings the Masque to a happy close . The source of this legend , which had been handled by other ...
... river - goddess The Story of Sabrina . Milton's in- debtedness to Fletcher . Sabrina , whose intervention frees the im- prisoned lady and brings the Masque to a happy close . The source of this legend , which had been handled by other ...
Page 33
... river . Still she retains Her maiden gentleness , and oft at eve Visits the herds along the twilight meadows , Helping all urchin blasts , and ill - luck signs That the shrewd meddling elf delights to make , Which she with precious ...
... river . Still she retains Her maiden gentleness , and oft at eve Visits the herds along the twilight meadows , Helping all urchin blasts , and ill - luck signs That the shrewd meddling elf delights to make , Which she with precious ...
Page 56
... river surrounding the earth . The whole picture in 98 , 98. slope , sinking in the horizon . 99 is amplified in Par . Lost , IV . 539-543 . ΙΟΙ . The imagery of Psalm XIX . 5 , " In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which ...
... river surrounding the earth . The whole picture in 98 , 98. slope , sinking in the horizon . 99 is amplified in Par . Lost , IV . 539-543 . ΙΟΙ . The imagery of Psalm XIX . 5 , " In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun : which ...
Page 58
... rivers of Hades , is a synonym of hell . From Gk . στvyev , ' to hate . ' spets ; an obsolete form of spits . In The Merchant of Venice , 1. 3. 113 , the Quartos and the 1st Folio have " And spet upon my Jewish gaberdine , " changed in ...
... rivers of Hades , is a synonym of hell . From Gk . στvyev , ' to hate . ' spets ; an obsolete form of spits . In The Merchant of Venice , 1. 3. 113 , the Quartos and the 1st Folio have " And spet upon my Jewish gaberdine , " changed in ...
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... river's side ( 232 ) . 232. There is said to be no classical authority for this association of Echo and Meander , though we meet with it in Gray's Progress of Poesy , 69-72 , a reminiscence perhaps of the present passage . It has been ...
... river's side ( 232 ) . 232. There is said to be no classical authority for this association of Echo and Meander , though we meet with it in Gray's Progress of Poesy , 69-72 , a reminiscence perhaps of the present passage . It has been ...
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