 Rather than solid virtue; all but 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...  Paradise lost, a poem. 2nd Scots ed - Page 289by John Milton - 1746Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - Bible - 1711 - 464 pages
...found. O why did God, Creator wife, that peopl'd higheft Heav'n With Spirits Mafculine, create at laft This novelty on Earth, this fair defect Of Nature, and not fill the World at once With Men as Angels without Feminine, Or find fot»e other way to generate Mankind ? this mifchief h»d... | |
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....' -ahy did God, Creator vije! that peopled highefl Heav'n ffith Spirits mafculine, create at laft This Novelty on Earth, this fair Defect Of Nature > and not fill the WorU at once With Men, »s Angels, without Feminine ? Or find fome other Way to generate Mankind? This... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1750 - 632 pages
...than folid virtue ; all but a rib, Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, More to the part finifter from me drawn ; Well if thrown out, as fupernumerary...number found ! O ! why did God, Creator wife, that peopl'd higheft heav'n With fpirits mafculine, create at laft This novelty on earth, this fair defeft... | |
 | John Milton - 1754 - 246 pages
...О ! why did God , Creator wife! that peopl'd higheft heav'n With fpirits mafculine , create at laft This novelty on earth , this fair defect' Of nature ? And not fill the world at once With men , as Angels , wit Or find fome other way to generate Mankind? This mi fchief had nor thenbefall'n,... | |
 | John Milton - Epic poetry, English - 1759 - 608 pages
...folid virtue , all but a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, . 885 More to the part finifter, from me drawn, Well if thrown out, as fupernumerary...O why did God, Creator wife, that peopled higheft Heaven With Spirits mafculine, create at laft 89o This novelty on earth, this fair defecl: Of nature,... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 448 pages
...as fupernumerary To my-juft number fouad. O why did God, Creator wife, that peopled higheft heavea "With fpirits mafculine, create at laft 890 This novelty...defect Of nature ; and not fill the" world at once With men as angels without feminine, Or find fome other way to generate Mankind ? This mifchief had... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 378 pages
...bent, as now appears, More to the part finifter from me drawn, Well if thrown out, as fupernumerarie To my juft number found. O why did God, Creator wife, that peopl'd higheft heaven With fpirits mafculine, create at laft This noveltie on earth, this fair defeft... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1773 - 468 pages
...ourAWroiihas left a fine paraphtlfe tiponit; fend, I doubt not, had the Greek poet in his eye. i Oh, why did god, Creator wife, that peopled higheft heav'n With fpirits mafculine, create at Ijft This novelty on earth, Ihis/air defttl Of Nature, and not fill the woild at once V/ith men, at... | |
 | English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...did God, ., t Creator wise, that peopled highest Heav'a With spirits masculine, create at last (go 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 ? this mischief had... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 270 pages
...folid virtue', all but a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, <! 5 More to the part fmifter, from me drawn, Well if thrown out, as fupernumerary...O why did God, Creator wife, that peopled higheft Heaven With Spirits mafeuline, ereate at laft S9o This novelty on earth, this fair defeit Of nature,... | |
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