Milton's Paradise Lost; Or, The Fall of Man: With Historical, Philosophical, Critical, & Explanatory Notes |
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... Head lifted up above the Waves , and glancing his Eyes from Side to Side : As for his other Parts , he lay extended in a melancholy Condition , floating in Length and Breadth over a vaft Space of the Abyss ' as large in Bulk as thofe ...
... Head lifted up above the Waves , and glancing his Eyes from Side to Side : As for his other Parts , he lay extended in a melancholy Condition , floating in Length and Breadth over a vaft Space of the Abyss ' as large in Bulk as thofe ...
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... Head , they fay , reached to Heaven , his Hands from one End of the Earth to the other , and he blew Fire out of his Mouth . These two were the chief of the Giants . In the War with the Gods they heaped Mountains upon Mountains , and ...
... Head , they fay , reached to Heaven , his Hands from one End of the Earth to the other , and he blew Fire out of his Mouth . These two were the chief of the Giants . In the War with the Gods they heaped Mountains upon Mountains , and ...
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... Head from thence , but that the Will and high Permiffion of the all - ruling Power , left him at large to his own dark Purposes and Designs that with repeated Crimes he might heap upon himself Damnation , at the fame Time that he fought ...
... Head from thence , but that the Will and high Permiffion of the all - ruling Power , left him at large to his own dark Purposes and Designs that with repeated Crimes he might heap upon himself Damnation , at the fame Time that he fought ...
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... Heads and Leaders from every Squadron and every Band hafte where their great Com- mander stood , godlike Shapes and Forms , much fur- paffing the Beauty and Perfections of MAN ; princely Dignities and Powers , that once in Heaven had ...
... Heads and Leaders from every Squadron and every Band hafte where their great Com- mander stood , godlike Shapes and Forms , much fur- paffing the Beauty and Perfections of MAN ; princely Dignities and Powers , that once in Heaven had ...
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... Head of an Ox and the Hands of a Man , with feven Chapels . It was made red hot , then the Priests threw the Sacri- fices into its Arms , where they were burnt to Death in a dread- ful Manner . The Carthagini- ans offered 200 Children ...
... Head of an Ox and the Hands of a Man , with feven Chapels . It was made red hot , then the Priests threw the Sacri- fices into its Arms , where they were burnt to Death in a dread- ful Manner . The Carthagini- ans offered 200 Children ...
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ADAM Adam and Eve Afia againſt alfo Anfwer Angels antient Beafts becauſe beft behold called Canaan Caufe cauſe Chaldea Cherubim City Courſe Creatures Darkneſs DEATH defcended defcribed Defire deftroyed Eaft Earth Egypt elfe Ethiopia Evil Eyes fafe faid fallen Angel fame Father fecond feek feemed feen fent ferve feven fhall fhining fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fpoke Fruit ftand ftill ftood fuch fweet Glory hath Heaven Hell himſelf holy juft Jupiter King laft lefs Light live loft Love Mediterranean Sea Mifery moft moſt Mountain muft muſt Name Night Number paffed PARADISE Place pleaſant pleaſed Pleaſure Power prefent raiſed Reafon reft rifing River SATAN Serpent ſhall Spirits ſtood Tafte Tatars thee thefe themſelves thence ther theſe Things thofe thoſe thou Thoughts thouſand Throne Tree uſed vaft Weft whofe Wiſdom worfe World
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Page 139 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 239 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 242 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 304 - Matter of scorn, not to be given the foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our state cannot be sever'd, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
Page 244 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 361 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 397 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 338 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 240 - And God said. Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good.
Page 397 - And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD ; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.