ComusCambridge University Press, 1912 - 143 pages |
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Page 23
... enchanted isles , And rifted rocks whose entrance leads to Hell ; For such there be , but unbelief is blind . Within the navel of this hideous wood , Immured in cypress shades , a sorcerer dwells , Of Bacchus and of Circe born , great ...
... enchanted isles , And rifted rocks whose entrance leads to Hell ; For such there be , but unbelief is blind . Within the navel of this hideous wood , Immured in cypress shades , a sorcerer dwells , Of Bacchus and of Circe born , great ...
Page 27
... enchanted chair ; to whom he offers his glass , which she puts by , and goes about to rise . 660 Comus . Nay , Lady , sit : if I but wave this wand , You nerves are all chained up in alabaster , And you a statue , or as Daphne was ...
... enchanted chair ; to whom he offers his glass , which she puts by , and goes about to rise . 660 Comus . Nay , Lady , sit : if I but wave this wand , You nerves are all chained up in alabaster , And you a statue , or as Daphne was ...
Page 76
... enchanted , in order to save etc. 398. unsunned , i.e. secret . 401 . wink on , be blind to . Cf. Macbeth , 1. 4. 51 , 52 : " Let not light see my black and deep desires : The eye wink at the hand , " i.e. let not the eye perceive what ...
... enchanted , in order to save etc. 398. unsunned , i.e. secret . 401 . wink on , be blind to . Cf. Macbeth , 1. 4. 51 , 52 : " Let not light see my black and deep desires : The eye wink at the hand , " i.e. let not the eye perceive what ...
Page 83
... enchanted all nature , " delaying ( says Horace , Odes , 1. 12. 9 , 10 ) even the swift - flowing streams . " 501. his next joy , i.e. the Second Brother . 502. toy , trifle ; see G. 506. to , compared to ; from the idea in relation to ...
... enchanted all nature , " delaying ( says Horace , Odes , 1. 12. 9 , 10 ) even the swift - flowing streams . " 501. his next joy , i.e. the Second Brother . 502. toy , trifle ; see G. 506. to , compared to ; from the idea in relation to ...
Page 84
... enchanted isles . Referring primarily , we can scarcely doubt , to the " Wandring Islands " of The Faerie Queene , II . 12. 11 et seq . Spenser followed Tasso's account of the isle of Armida . 518. rifted , i.e. rocks with yawning ...
... enchanted isles . Referring primarily , we can scarcely doubt , to the " Wandring Islands " of The Faerie Queene , II . 12. 11 et seq . Spenser followed Tasso's account of the isle of Armida . 518. rifted , i.e. rocks with yawning ...
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