Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from the Text of Tonson's Correct Edition of 1711. A New Edition, with Notes and the Life of the Author, in Three Volumes, by Thomas Newton, ...proprietors, 1795 |
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... Thou art in the right , says he ; you , as other women , would ride in your coach ; for me , my aim is to live and die an honest man . " . What is more certain is , that in 1661 he published his Accedence commenced Grammar , and a tract ...
... Thou art in the right , says he ; you , as other women , would ride in your coach ; for me , my aim is to live and die an honest man . " . What is more certain is , that in 1661 he published his Accedence commenced Grammar , and a tract ...
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... thou hast said much of Paradise Lost , but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found ? He made me no answer , but sat some time in JOHN MILTON . 79.
... thou hast said much of Paradise Lost , but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found ? He made me no answer , but sat some time in JOHN MILTON . 79.
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... Thou therefore that sittest in light and glory unapproach- able , Parent of Angels and Men ! next thee I implore Omnipotent King , Redeemer of that lost remnant whose nature thou didst assume , ineffable and ever- lasting 94 THE LIFE OF.
... Thou therefore that sittest in light and glory unapproach- able , Parent of Angels and Men ! next thee I implore Omnipotent King , Redeemer of that lost remnant whose nature thou didst assume , ineffable and ever- lasting 94 THE LIFE OF.
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... thou didst assume , ineffable and ever- lasting Love ! And thou the third subsistence of di- vine infinitude , illumining the Spirit , the joy and solace of created things ! one Tri - personal God- head ! look upon this thy poor , and ...
... thou didst assume , ineffable and ever- lasting Love ! And thou the third subsistence of di- vine infinitude , illumining the Spirit , the joy and solace of created things ! one Tri - personal God- head ! look upon this thy poor , and ...
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... thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves , and thee , inviolate . At once delight and horror on us seise , Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And above human flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong , so equal , and ...
... thou treat'st of in such state As them preserves , and thee , inviolate . At once delight and horror on us seise , Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And above human flight dost soar aloft With plume so strong , so equal , and ...
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Page 139 - Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse...
Page 272 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 146 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 256 - Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range, by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 140 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the...
Page 253 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Page 188 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Page 170 - The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still, That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse.
Page 165 - Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 190 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.