 | William Bowman Piper - 1997 - Liczba stron: 212
...inarguable passives, to join him in rejecting Milton's statement: "We know that they never drove afield, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though...sought because it cannot be known when it is found." In the third paragraph Johnson turns to the poem's "long train of mythological imagery" and mentions... | |
 | Henry Arthur Treble - 1930 - Liczba stron: 270
...heard What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. We know that they never drove a field, and that they...and flowers, appear the heathen deities; Jove and Phosbus, Neptune and yEolus, with a long train of mythological imagery, such as a College easily supplies.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1821 - Liczba stron: 474
...heard What time the grey fly winds her sultry horn, Battening our flocks with the fresh dews of night. We know that they never drove a field, and that they...that it is never sought because it cannot be known r. when it is found. Among the flocks, and copses, and flowers, appear the Heathen deities ; Jove and... | |
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We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten; and though it be allowed that the representation may be allegorical, the true meaning is so uncertain and remote, that it is never sought because it cannot be known when it... 
