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Page 14
... mankind meets with upon his return to the assembly of infernal spirits , as it is 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 ...
... mankind meets with upon his return to the assembly of infernal spirits , as it is 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 ...
Page 34
... mankind . It is from this notion that an author writes on , though he is come to dotage ; without ever considering that his memory is impaired , and that he hath lost that life , and those spirits , which formerly raised his fancy , and ...
... mankind . It is from this notion that an author writes on , though he is come to dotage ; without ever considering that his memory is impaired , and that he hath lost that life , and those spirits , which formerly raised his fancy , and ...
Page 40
... mankind do unde- servedly pass under the name of Religion ; which is thus made to express itself in action , according to the nature of the constitution in which it resides : so that were we to make a judgment from appearances , one ...
... mankind do unde- servedly pass under the name of Religion ; which is thus made to express itself in action , according to the nature of the constitution in which it resides : so that were we to make a judgment from appearances , one ...
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... mankind is filled with such incidents as are very apt to raise and terrify the reader's imagina- tion . Of this nature , in the book now before us , is his being the first that awakens out of the general trance , with his posture on the ...
... mankind is filled with such incidents as are very apt to raise and terrify the reader's imagina- tion . Of this nature , in the book now before us , is his being the first that awakens out of the general trance , with his posture on the ...
Page 70
... mankind is concerned , left unfinished . 6 I have a long time expected with great impatience , that you would enlarge upon the ordinary mistakes which are committed in the Education of our Children . I the more easily flattered myself ...
... mankind is concerned , left unfinished . 6 I have a long time expected with great impatience , that you would enlarge upon the ordinary mistakes which are committed in the Education of our Children . I the more easily flattered myself ...
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acquaintance action ADAM ADAM and EVE admiration Æneid agreeable Angels appear Aurengzebe bagnio beauty behaviour behold character circumstances consider dance death described desire discourse DRYDEN earth endeavoured ENVILLE eyes fable father favour fortune genius gentleman give grace hand happy head Heaven HOMER honour hope humble servant Iliad imagination kind lady learning letter live look looking-glasses MADAM mankind manner MARCH 19 MARGARET CLARK marriage master MILTON mind mistress Mohocks nature never night obliged observed occasion OVID paper Paradise Paradise Lost particular passage passion PAUL LORRAIN person pleased pleasure poem Poet present proper racter reader reason received SATAN sentiments shew Sir ROGER speak SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime take notice tell THAMMUZ thee thing thou thought tion told town TURNUS VIRG VIRGIL virtue wherein whole woman words yard land young