John Milton Paradise Lost Volume 1

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 Excerpt: ...large mass. (2) Is not the word more probably used in the sense of 'floating about' at the mercy of the wind, like the Ark in the Flood? Compare the following passage from The Deluge, a poem of the 13th century:–(The Ark) "luged about Where the wind and the weder warpen hit wolde ". 345. cope, roof, vault. Cp. iv. 992, "Starry cope of heaven". (Cp. cap and cape.) 347. the uplifted...waving. What is the construction? 348. sultan (or soldan, 764), victor, prince: in 378 'emperor'. 350. brimstone, i.e. 'burning stone': why? SS1"??' The Goths, from the province of Dacia, north of the Danube (Danaw), pressed forward by the Huns, settled in 'the Empire' in 376; soon afterwards they defeated the Romans in battle. Forty years later the west Goths sacked Rome, and some passed into Gaul and Spain. German tribes too were at this time crossing the Rhine (Rhene), and pressing on into Gaul and Spain. Hordes of Huns now attacked Romans, Goths, and Germans alike, but were defeated in 451 at Chalons–one of the world's critical battles. Some Germans called Vandals, who had at first settled in Spain, crossed into Africa (Libya) in 429, and founded a kingdom, with Carthage as capital. Even in Italy some east Goths settled. From these various settlements the Romance nations sprung. 356. squadron, lit. 'that which is squared'. (It. squadrone, L. esquadratum.) Cp. 758, 'squared regiments and bands'. 360. erst, superl. of ere; once, at first. For thrones, cp. 128 and 737 «. 362. rased, for 'erased'. What is the difference? (L. rasum, scrape.) 363. Books of Life. Revelation iii. 5. 370. Glory–what is the case? 372. religions, decorations. So, in Shakespeare's Julius Casar, the statues of Caesar are ' decked with ceremonies ". 358-375-Milton ass...