Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volume 2R. Bladon, T. Lawes, S. Crowder, C. Ware, and T. Payne, 1784 - 463 pages |
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... should not serve The lefs not bright , nor heav'n fuch journies run , Earth fitting ftill , when fhe alone receives The benefit . Confider first , that great Or bright infers not excellence : the earth Though , in comparison of heav'n ...
... should not serve The lefs not bright , nor heav'n fuch journies run , Earth fitting ftill , when fhe alone receives The benefit . Confider first , that great Or bright infers not excellence : the earth Though , in comparison of heav'n ...
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... should attempt her found alone : Eve , loath to be thought not circumfpect or firm enough , urges her going apart , the rather defirous to make trial of her ftrength ; Adam at laft yields . The ferpent finds her alone ; his fubtle ...
... should attempt her found alone : Eve , loath to be thought not circumfpect or firm enough , urges her going apart , the rather defirous to make trial of her ftrength ; Adam at laft yields . The ferpent finds her alone ; his fubtle ...
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... Africa to the Roman empire , and advanced it to the height of all its glory ; for which the fenate decreed , that he should be styled the best man . At first , as one who fought access , but 40 Book IX . PARADISE LOST .
... Africa to the Roman empire , and advanced it to the height of all its glory ; for which the fenate decreed , that he should be styled the best man . At first , as one who fought access , but 40 Book IX . PARADISE LOST .
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... Should God create another Eve , and I Another rib afford , yet lofs of thee Would never from my heart ; no , no , I feel The link of Nature draw me : fefh of flesh , Bone of my bone thou art , and from thy state Mine never shall be ...
... Should God create another Eve , and I Another rib afford , yet lofs of thee Would never from my heart ; no , no , I feel The link of Nature draw me : fefh of flesh , Bone of my bone thou art , and from thy state Mine never shall be ...
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... and they grow angry with their wives , when they should rather have been angry with themselves for their weakness in hearkening to them .. Newton . And girded on our loins , may cover round Thofe 58 Book IX . PARADISE LOST .
... and they grow angry with their wives , when they should rather have been angry with themselves for their weakness in hearkening to them .. Newton . And girded on our loins , may cover round Thofe 58 Book IX . PARADISE LOST .
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Adam Adam and Eve againſt alfo anfwer angels beafts becauſe beft behold beſt caft call'd Canaan cauſe cloud death defcended defcribed defire Deucalion earth Ecbatana erft evil eyes faid fair fame Father feat fecond feek feem feem'd fenfe fent ferpent feven fhall fhame fhow fide fight figns fince firft firſt fome foon foul fouth fpake fpirits fruit ftand ftate ftill fuch fweet glory hath heav'n heav'nly hell himſelf Ibid Ifrael juft juſt king kingdom laft laſt lefs loft mankind moft moſt muft muſt Paradife PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAINED pleaſure pow'r prefence reafon reft reply'd return'd rifing Satan ſhall ſhe ſhould Sogdiana Son of God ſtate ſtood tafte tempter thee thefe themſelves thence theſe things thofe thoſe thou art thought throne tree virtue weft whofe whoſe worfe
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Page 50 - Without copartner ? so to add what wants In female sex, the more to draw his love, And render me more equal; and, perhaps, A thing not undesirable, sometime Superior; for, inferior, who is free ? This may be well: but what if God have seen.
Page 54 - Matter of scorn, not to be given the Foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom : If death Consort with thee, death is to me as life ; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of Nature draw me to my own ; My own in thee, for what thou art is mine ; Our state cannot be sever'd ; we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
Page 1 - THE angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear...
Page 96 - ... a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, More to the part sinister, from me drawn ; Well if thrown out, as supernumerary To my just number found. O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine ; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 25 - Nor skilled, 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 Depressed ; and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers who brings it nightly to my ear.
Page 9 - Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here...
Page 125 - But have I now seen death ? Is this the way I must return to native dust ? O sight Of terror, foul and ugly to behold, Horrid to think, how horrible to feel...
Page 10 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself, by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know.
Page 164 - Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 116 - Present, and of his presence many a sign Still following thee, still compassing thee round With goodness and paternal love, his face Express, and of his steps the track divine.