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... work his utter loss , From whom all this was made , all this will soon Follow , as to him link'd in weal or woe ; In woe then ; that destruction wide may range : To me shall be the glory sole among The ' infernal powers , in one day to ...
... work his utter loss , From whom all this was made , all this will soon Follow , as to him link'd in weal or woe ; In woe then ; that destruction wide may range : To me shall be the glory sole among The ' infernal powers , in one day to ...
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... work ; for much their work outgrew The hands ' dispatch of two gardening so wide ; And Eve first to her husband thus began : « Adam , well may we labour still to dress This garden , still to tend plant , herb , and flower , Our pleasant ...
... work ; for much their work outgrew The hands ' dispatch of two gardening so wide ; And Eve first to her husband thus began : « Adam , well may we labour still to dress This garden , still to tend plant , herb , and flower , Our pleasant ...
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... work which here God hath assign'd us ; nor of me shalt pass Unprais'd : for nothing lovelier can be found In woman , than to study household good , And good works in her husband to promote . Yet not so strictly hath our Lord impos'd ...
... work which here God hath assign'd us ; nor of me shalt pass Unprais'd : for nothing lovelier can be found In woman , than to study household good , And good works in her husband to promote . Yet not so strictly hath our Lord impos'd ...
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... Scipio , the heighth of Rome . With tract oblique At first , as one who sought access , but fear'd To interrupt , side - long he works his way . Sa femme est ravissante ; et , si j'en crois 46 v . 490 . PARADISE LOST , B. IX .
... Scipio , the heighth of Rome . With tract oblique At first , as one who sought access , but fear'd To interrupt , side - long he works his way . Sa femme est ravissante ; et , si j'en crois 46 v . 490 . PARADISE LOST , B. IX .
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... works , gave signs of woe , That all was lost . Back to the thicket slunk The guilty serpent ; and well might ; for Eve , Intent now wholly on her taste , nought else Regarded ; such delight till then , as seem'd , In fruit she never ...
... works , gave signs of woe , That all was lost . Back to the thicket slunk The guilty serpent ; and well might ; for Eve , Intent now wholly on her taste , nought else Regarded ; such delight till then , as seem'd , In fruit she never ...
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Adam affreux angel avoit beast beauté behold best bright bring bruise céleste charmes Cher ciel cieux cloud cœur courroux crime death déja Dieu divin doom douleur doux dwell earth Éden encens envy époux Ève evil eyes faith fear find first foiblesse forth found fruit glory gods good grace great ground hand hath head heard heart heaven hell high his punishment hope know l'Éternel l'homme last leave left lieux life light live lost love made make malheur mankind maux Milton mind monde mort night offspring PARADIS PERDU paradise peace perhaps poëte power race replied return return'd Satan scorn seed seem'd serpent seul shame sight soon spake stood stroke sweet taste terre their thence things thou thou hast though thought tout-à-coup tree tree Of knowledge trépas virtue words works world yeux
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Page 196 - 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 356 - For God is also in sleep ; and dreams advise, Which he hath sent propitious, some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, 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 heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence. This further consolation yet secure I carry hence ; though all by me is lost, Such favour I, unworthy,...
Page 246 - At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names, Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount ? Thee, lastly, nuptial bower, by me...
Page 354 - Charity, the soul Of all the rest : then wilt thou not be loath To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A Paradise within thee, happier far.
Page 194 - With other echo late I taught your shades To answer, and resound far other song. » Whom thus afflicted when sad Eve beheld,, Desolate where she sat, approaching nigh, Soft words to his fierce passion she assay'd : But her with stern regard he thus repell'd : <i Out of my sight, thou serpent!
Page 50 - To interrupt, sidelong he works his way. As when a ship, by skilful steersman wrought, Nigh river's mouth or foreland, where the wind Veers oft, as oft so steers, and shifts her sail: So varied he, and of his tortuous train Curl'd many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve, To lure her eye...
Page 74 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 358 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms.
Page 6 - I now must change Those notes to tragic ; foul distrust, and breach Disloyal on the part of man, revolt, And disobedience...
Page 312 - Whereto thus Adam, fatherly displeas'd. " O execrable son ! so to aspire Above his brethren ; to himself assuming Authority usurp'd, from God not given : He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl, Dominion absolute ; that right we hold By his donation ; but man over men He made not lord ; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.