The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton, Volume 2W. Baxter, 1824 |
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... creatures to dwell therein ; sends his Son with glory and attendance of angels to perform the work of creation in six days : the angels celebrate with hymns the per- formance thereof , and his reascension into heaven . PARADISE LOST ...
... creatures to dwell therein ; sends his Son with glory and attendance of angels to perform the work of creation in six days : the angels celebrate with hymns the per- formance thereof , and his reascension into heaven . PARADISE LOST ...
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... creatures to dwell therein . 94. Absolv'd , ] Finished , com- pleted , perfected , from Absolutus , ( Latin . ) Richardson . 98. And the great light of day yet wants to run & c . ] Our au- thor has improved upon Homer , Odyss . xi . 372 ...
... creatures to dwell therein . 94. Absolv'd , ] Finished , com- pleted , perfected , from Absolutus , ( Latin . ) Richardson . 98. And the great light of day yet wants to run & c . ] Our au- thor has improved upon Homer , Odyss . xi . 372 ...
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... creatures , that it would be changed to , i . e . resemble , heaven ; and heaven by receiv- ing those creatures would in this resemble earth , that it would be stocked with men for its in- habitants . Pearce . Or thus in short , the ...
... creatures , that it would be changed to , i . e . resemble , heaven ; and heaven by receiv- ing those creatures would in this resemble earth , that it would be stocked with men for its in- habitants . Pearce . Or thus in short , the ...
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... creature that hath life , and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven . And God created ... creatures as move in the waters , ( see Le Clerc's note on Gen. i . 20. ) and by creeping thing men- tioned in the ...
... creature that hath life , and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven . And God created ... creatures as move in the waters , ( see Le Clerc's note on Gen. i . 20. ) and by creeping thing men- tioned in the ...
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... creatures , the reader will find a most exquisite spirit of poetry in the account which our author gives us of them . The sixth day concludes with the formation of man , upon which the angel takes occasion , as he did after the battle ...
... creatures , the reader will find a most exquisite spirit of poetry in the account which our author gives us of them . The sixth day concludes with the formation of man , upon which the angel takes occasion , as he did after the battle ...
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Page 163 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 271 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 59 - He telleth the number of the stars ; he calleth them all by their names.
Page 378 - I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go Is to stay here; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.
Page 62 - To ask or search, I blame thee not; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Page 106 - I now must change Those notes to tragic ; foul distrust, and breach Disloyal on the part of man, revolt, And disobedience : on the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste, Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given ; That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and misery Death's harbinger.
Page 296 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 178 - And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Page 396 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 111 - Nor skill'd nor studious, higher argument "Remains ; sufficient of itself to raise That name, unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years damp my intended wing Depress'd ; and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers, who brings it nightly to my ear.