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Page 14
... described in a beautiful passage of the third book ; and likewise by the vision wherein ADAM , at the close of the poem , sees his offspring triumphing over his great enemy , and himself restored to a happier Paradise than that from ...
... described in a beautiful passage of the third book ; and likewise by the vision wherein ADAM , at the close of the poem , sees his offspring triumphing over his great enemy , and himself restored to a happier Paradise than that from ...
Page 47
... described in those celebrated lines : His sentiments are every way answerable to his character , and suitable to a created Being of the most exalted and most depraved nature . Such is that in which he takes possession of his place of ...
... described in those celebrated lines : His sentiments are every way answerable to his character , and suitable to a created Being of the most exalted and most depraved nature . Such is that in which he takes possession of his place of ...
Page 48
... described as owning his adversary to be Almighty . Whatever perverse interpretation he puts on the justice , mercy , and other attributes of the Supreme Being , he frequently confesses his Omnipotence , that being the perfection he was ...
... described as owning his adversary to be Almighty . Whatever perverse interpretation he puts on the justice , mercy , and other attributes of the Supreme Being , he frequently confesses his Omnipotence , that being the perfection he was ...
Page 82
... described as presiding over it . The part of MOLOCH is likewise , in all its circumstances , full of that fire and fury , which distinguish this Spirit from the rest of the fallen angels . He is described in the first book as besmeared ...
... described as presiding over it . The part of MOLOCH is likewise , in all its circumstances , full of that fire and fury , which distinguish this Spirit from the rest of the fallen angels . He is described in the first book as besmeared ...
Page 83
... described in the first book as the idol of the lewd and luxurious . He is in the second book , pursuant to that description , characterised as timerous and slothful ; and if we look into the sixth book , we find him celebrated in the ...
... described in the first book as the idol of the lewd and luxurious . He is in the second book , pursuant to that description , characterised as timerous and slothful ; and if we look into the sixth book , we find him celebrated in the ...
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