 | 1796 - 690 páginas
...not the deftrudion of a city, the conduct of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His fubjedt is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of heaven and of earth ; rebellion agiinft the Supreme King, raifed by the higheft order of created beings; the overthrow of their hoft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 280 páginas
...not the dcftruction of a city, the conduit of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His fubject is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of heaven and of earth ; rebellion againft the Supreme King, raifed by the higheft order of created beings; the overthrow of their hoft,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1780 - 726 páginas
...not the deftruoion of a city, the conduét .of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His fubjeft is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of heaven and of earth; rebellion again ft the Supreme King, raifed by the higheft order of created beings ; the overthrow of their hoft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 páginas
...not the deftruction of a city, the conduit of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His fubjeft is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of heaven and of earth ; rebellion againft the Supreme King, raifed by the higheft order of created beings ; the overthrow of their hoft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 páginas
...not the deftruction of a city, the conduct of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His ftibject is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of heaven and of earth ; rebellion, againft the Supreme King, raifed by the higheft order of created beings; the overthrow of their hoft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 498 páginas
...not the deftruction of a city, the conduct of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His fubject is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of heaven and of earth; rebellion, againft the Supreme King, raifed by the higheft order of created beings; the overthrow of their hoft,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 páginas
...not the definition of a city, the conduct of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His fubject is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of Heaven and of Earth ; rebellion, againft the Supreme King, railed by the higheft order of created beings; the overthrow of their hoft,... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 páginas
...importance. That of Milton is not the destruction of a city, the conduct of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His subject is the fate of worlds, the...immortality, and their restoration to hope and peace. Great events can be hastened or retarded only by persons of elevated dignity. Before the greatness... | |
 | 1796 - 692 páginas
...not the deftru£Uon of a city, the conduct of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His fubjedt is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of heaven and of earth ; rebellion againfl the Supreme King, raifed by the higheft order of created beings ; the overthrow of their hod,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 páginas
...importance. That of Milton is not the destruction of a city, the conduct of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His- subject is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of Lea veil and of earth; rebellion against the Supreme King, raised by the highest order of created beings... | |
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The subject of an epic poem is naturally an event of great importance. That of Milton is not the destruction of a city, the conduct of a colony, or the foundation of an empire. His subject is the fate of worlds, the revolutions of Heaven and of Earth;... 
