]
[106] {227}[It is impossible not to be struck with the resemblance
between many of these passages and others in _Manfred_, _e.
[106] {227}[It is impossible not to be struck with the resemblance
between many of these passages and others in _Manfred_, _e.
Byron
1, lines 161-163,
_Poetical Works_, 1901, iv. 90. ]
[104] {224}[Dr. Arnold, speaking of _Cain_, used to say, "There is
something to me almost awful in meeting suddenly, in the works of such a
man, so great and solemn a truth as is expressed in that speech of
Lucifer, 'He who bows not to God hath bowed to me'" (Stanley's _Life of
Arnold_, ed. 1887, i. 263, note). It may be awful, but it is not
strange. Byron was seldom at a loss for a text, and must have been
familiar with the words, "He that is not with Me is against Me. "
Moreover, he was a man of genius! ]
[105] {226}["The most common opinion is that a son and daughter were
born together; and they go so far as to tell us the very name of the
daughters. Cain's twin sister was called Calmana (see, too, _Le Mistere
du Viel Testament_, lines 1883-1936, ed. 1878), or Caimana, or Debora,
or Azzrum; that of Abel was named Delbora or Awina. "--Bayle's
_Dictionary_, 1735, ii. 854, art. "Eve," D.
]
[106] {227}[It is impossible not to be struck with the resemblance
between many of these passages and others in _Manfred_, _e. g. _ act ii. sc.
1, lines 24-28, _Poetical Works_, 1901, iv. 99, note 1. ]
[ca] {228} _What can_ he be _who places love in ignorance? _--[MS. M. ]
[107] {228}["One of the second order of angels of the Dionysian
hierarchy, reputed to excel specially in knowledge (as the seraphim in
love). See Bacon's _Advancement of Learning_, i. 28: 'The first place is
given to the Angels of loue, which are tearmed Seraphim, the second to
the Angels of light, which are tearmed Cherubim,'"-_N. Eng. Dict. _, art.
"Cherub.
_Poetical Works_, 1901, iv. 90. ]
[104] {224}[Dr. Arnold, speaking of _Cain_, used to say, "There is
something to me almost awful in meeting suddenly, in the works of such a
man, so great and solemn a truth as is expressed in that speech of
Lucifer, 'He who bows not to God hath bowed to me'" (Stanley's _Life of
Arnold_, ed. 1887, i. 263, note). It may be awful, but it is not
strange. Byron was seldom at a loss for a text, and must have been
familiar with the words, "He that is not with Me is against Me. "
Moreover, he was a man of genius! ]
[105] {226}["The most common opinion is that a son and daughter were
born together; and they go so far as to tell us the very name of the
daughters. Cain's twin sister was called Calmana (see, too, _Le Mistere
du Viel Testament_, lines 1883-1936, ed. 1878), or Caimana, or Debora,
or Azzrum; that of Abel was named Delbora or Awina. "--Bayle's
_Dictionary_, 1735, ii. 854, art. "Eve," D.
]
[106] {227}[It is impossible not to be struck with the resemblance
between many of these passages and others in _Manfred_, _e. g. _ act ii. sc.
1, lines 24-28, _Poetical Works_, 1901, iv. 99, note 1. ]
[ca] {228} _What can_ he be _who places love in ignorance? _--[MS. M. ]
[107] {228}["One of the second order of angels of the Dionysian
hierarchy, reputed to excel specially in knowledge (as the seraphim in
love). See Bacon's _Advancement of Learning_, i. 28: 'The first place is
given to the Angels of loue, which are tearmed Seraphim, the second to
the Angels of light, which are tearmed Cherubim,'"-_N. Eng. Dict. _, art.
"Cherub.
