The Paradise Lost of Milton, Volume 2Septimus Prowett, 1827 - Bible |
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... Hell ; Squared in full legion ( such command we had ) To see that none thence issued forth a spy , Or enemy , while God was in his work ; Lest he incensed , at such eruption bold , Destruction with creation might have mixed . Not that ...
... Hell ; Squared in full legion ( such command we had ) To see that none thence issued forth a spy , Or enemy , while God was in his work ; Lest he incensed , at such eruption bold , Destruction with creation might have mixed . Not that ...
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... Hell that always in him burns , 467 Though in mid Heaven , soon ended his delight , And tortures him now more , the more he sees Of pleasure , not for him ordained : then soon Fierce hate he recollects , and all his thoughts Of mischief ...
... Hell that always in him burns , 467 Though in mid Heaven , soon ended his delight , And tortures him now more , the more he sees Of pleasure , not for him ordained : then soon Fierce hate he recollects , and all his thoughts Of mischief ...
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... Hell debased , and pain Enfeebled me , to what I was in Heaven . She fair , divinely fair , fit love for Gods ! Not terrible , though terrour be in love And beauty , not approached by stronger hate , Hate stronger , under show of love ...
... Hell debased , and pain Enfeebled me , to what I was in Heaven . She fair , divinely fair , fit love for Gods ! Not terrible , though terrour be in love And beauty , not approached by stronger hate , Hate stronger , under show of love ...
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... Hell , by wonderous sympathy feeling the success of Satan in this new world , and the sin by Man there committed , resolve to sit no longer confined in Hell , but to follow Satan their sire up to the place of Man : To make the way ...
... Hell , by wonderous sympathy feeling the success of Satan in this new world , and the sin by Man there committed , resolve to sit no longer confined in Hell , but to follow Satan their sire up to the place of Man : To make the way ...
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... Hell . I told ye then he should prevail , and speed On his bad errand ; Man should be seduced , And flattered out of all , believing lies 17 25 34 42 Against his Maker ; no decree of mine Concurring to 110 [ BOOK X. PARADISE LOST .
... Hell . I told ye then he should prevail , and speed On his bad errand ; Man should be seduced , And flattered out of all , believing lies 17 25 34 42 Against his Maker ; no decree of mine Concurring to 110 [ BOOK X. PARADISE LOST .
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Adam Adam and Eve Angel appeared aught beast behold bliss bright bring bruise Canaan celestial Cherubim cloud created creatures curse dark death delight descend Designed & Engraved didst diurnal divine doom dust dwell Earth eternal evil eyes fair faith fear firmament of Heaven FLEET STREET fowl fruit glory Godhead Gods grace ground hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hath havock heard heart heavenly Hell herb highth hill human voice judged judgement labour lest light live Lord mankind Michael nigh night PARADISE LOST peace perhaps race Raphael replied sapience Satan seat seed seemed Serpent shalt shame sight soon sovran spake Spirit stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither THOMAS WHITE thou art thou hast thou saw'st thought throne thyself tree virtue voice whence wherein wings wonder
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Page 165 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of Death! Must I thus leave thee$ Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of Gods? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Page 54 - In loving thou dost well, in passion not, Wherein true love consists not; love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges, hath his seat In Reason, and is judicious, is the scale By which to heavenly love thou may'st ascend, Not sunk in carnal pleasure, for which cause Among the beasts no mate for thee was found.
Page 4 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 144 - Thy suppliant I beg, and clasp thy knees ; bereave me not, Whereon I live, thy gentle looks, thy aid, Thy counsel, in this uttermost distress, My only strength and stay ; forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist ? While yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps, Between us two let there be peace : both joining As join'd in injuries, one enmity Against a foe by doom express assign'd us.
Page 12 - Let there be light, said God ; And forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep...
Page 142 - Out of my sight, thou serpent! That name best Befits thee, with him leagued, thyself as false And hateful: nothing wants, but that thy shape, Like his, and colour serpentine, may show...
Page 170 - Not higher that hill, nor wider looking round, Whereon for different cause the Tempter set Our second Adam, in the wilderness, To show him all Earth's kingdoms and their glory. His eye might there command wherever stood City of old or modern fame, the seat Of mightiest empire, from the destined...
Page 3 - DESCEND from Heaven, Urania, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose voice divine Following, above the Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing...
Page 10 - Immediate are the acts of God, more swift Than time or motion, but to human ears Cannot without process of speech be told, So told as earthly notion can receive.
Page 23 - But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends ; thither with heart, and voice, and eyes. Directed in devotion, to adore And worship God supreme, who made him chief Of all His works...