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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... blossoms is an expression of the same poet- ical cast with that in iv . 219 , blooming ambrosial fruit . Pearce . 330 With borders long the rivers : that earth now is used for leaves , twigs and BOOK VII . 29 PARADISE LOST .
... blossoms is an expression of the same poet- ical cast with that in iv . 219 , blooming ambrosial fruit . Pearce . 330 With borders long the rivers : that earth now is used for leaves , twigs and BOOK VII . 29 PARADISE LOST .
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... Leave them to God above , him serve and fear ; Of other creatures , as him pleases best , Wherever plac'd , let him dispose : joy thou In what he gives to thee , this Paradise And thy fair Eve ; heav'n is for thee too high To know what ...
... Leave them to God above , him serve and fear ; Of other creatures , as him pleases best , Wherever plac'd , let him dispose : joy thou In what he gives to thee , this Paradise And thy fair Eve ; heav'n is for thee too high To know what ...
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... leave attempt , But us he sends upon his high behests For state , as Sovran King , and to inure Our prompt obedience . obedience . Fast we found , fast shut 240 The dismal gates , and barricado'd strong ; But long ere our approaching ...
... leave attempt , But us he sends upon his high behests For state , as Sovran King , and to inure Our prompt obedience . obedience . Fast we found , fast shut 240 The dismal gates , and barricado'd strong ; But long ere our approaching ...
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... leave of speech implor'd , And humble deprecation thus replied . 375 Let not my words offend thee , heav'nly Power , My Maker , be propitious while I speak . 380 Hast thou not made me here thy substitute , And these inferior far beneath ...
... leave of speech implor'd , And humble deprecation thus replied . 375 Let not my words offend thee , heav'nly Power , My Maker , be propitious while I speak . 380 Hast thou not made me here thy substitute , And these inferior far beneath ...
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... leave his father and his mother , and shall cleave unto his wife ; and they shall be one flesh . How has Milton im- proved upon the last words , and they shall be one flesh ; and what an admirable climax has he formed ! And they shall ...
... leave his father and his mother , and shall cleave unto his wife ; and they shall be one flesh . How has Milton im- proved upon the last words , and they shall be one flesh ; and what an admirable climax has he formed ! And they shall ...
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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.