Paradise Lost, Books 1-2Leach, Shewell, and Sanborn, 1896 - 210 pages |
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... thunder , dying away to gather a sullen force again from its own reverberations , but he knew that the attention is recalled and arrested by those claps that stop short without echo and leave us listen- ing . There are no such vistas ...
... thunder , dying away to gather a sullen force again from its own reverberations , but he knew that the attention is recalled and arrested by those claps that stop short without echo and leave us listen- ing . There are no such vistas ...
Page 42
... thunder , is the voice of Milton still . Indeed , through- out his poems , one may see under a thin veil , the opinions , the feelings , even the incidents of the poet's life , still reappearing . The most affecting passages in Paradise ...
... thunder , is the voice of Milton still . Indeed , through- out his poems , one may see under a thin veil , the opinions , the feelings , even the incidents of the poet's life , still reappearing . The most affecting passages in Paradise ...
Page 56
... thunder ; and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? those , Yet not for Satan reveals Nor what the potent Victor in His rage his character . Can else inflict , do I repent , or change , 95 Though changed in outward lustre ...
... thunder ; and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? those , Yet not for Satan reveals Nor what the potent Victor in His rage his character . Can else inflict , do I repent , or change , 95 Though changed in outward lustre ...
Page 59
... thunder , Winged with red lightning and impetuous rage , 175 Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless Deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn Or satiate fury yield it from our ...
... thunder , Winged with red lightning and impetuous rage , 175 Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless Deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn Or satiate fury yield it from our ...
Page 61
... thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for His envy , will not drive us hence ; 260 Satan's acceptance of circum- stances . memorye 265 Here we may reign secure ; and , in BOOK I. 61.
... thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for His envy , will not drive us hence ; 260 Satan's acceptance of circum- stances . memorye 265 Here we may reign secure ; and , in BOOK I. 61.
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Page 38 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Page 62 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Page 53 - That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 101 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost...
Page 181 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 105 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb...
Page 102 - Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail ; which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice...
Page 70 - With lust and violence the house of God? In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 57 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me.
Page 21 - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted...