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... never corrected in any edition that " I have feen before the prefent . Of the other poems " there were two editions in Milton's lifetime ; the " first in 1645 , before he was blind ; and the other , " with fome additions , in 1673. Of ...
... never corrected in any edition that " I have feen before the prefent . Of the other poems " there were two editions in Milton's lifetime ; the " first in 1645 , before he was blind ; and the other , " with fome additions , in 1673. Of ...
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... never be at a lofs , for fanciful reafons to de . " termine him in the choice of his plan ) , is very un" certain . All that we can be fure of is , that the " plan is a very unhappy one , and defective even in " that narrow view of a ...
... never be at a lofs , for fanciful reafons to de . " termine him in the choice of his plan ) , is very un" certain . All that we can be fure of is , that the " plan is a very unhappy one , and defective even in " that narrow view of a ...
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... never to have feen any more , falling down upon her knees at his feet , and imploring his forgiveness with tears * . At first he fhowed fome figns of averfion , but he continued not long inexorable ; his wife's intreaties , and the ...
... never to have feen any more , falling down upon her knees at his feet , and imploring his forgiveness with tears * . At first he fhowed fome figns of averfion , but he continued not long inexorable ; his wife's intreaties , and the ...
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... never happily flowed but from the autumnal equinox to the vernal , and that what he attempted at other times was not to his fatisfaction , though he courted his fancy never fo much . Mr. Toland imagines that Philips might be mistaken as ...
... never happily flowed but from the autumnal equinox to the vernal , and that what he attempted at other times was not to his fatisfaction , though he courted his fancy never fo much . Mr. Toland imagines that Philips might be mistaken as ...
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... never employed to greater advantage , than when it is adapt- - ed to Milton's words . That great artist has done equal juftice to our Author's L'Allegro and II Penferofo , as if the fame fpirit poffeffed both masters , and as if the god ...
... never employed to greater advantage , than when it is adapt- - ed to Milton's words . That great artist has done equal juftice to our Author's L'Allegro and II Penferofo , as if the fame fpirit poffeffed both masters , and as if the god ...
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Page 87 - Upon the rapid current, which, through veins Of porous earth with kindly thirst up-drawn, Rose a fresh fountain, and with many a rill Water'd the garden ; thence united fell Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears...
Page 10 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Page 114 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 5 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 60 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 195 - Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent. Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, 280 From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Page 89 - Castalian spring, might with this Paradise Of Eden strive; nor that Nyseian isle Girt with the river Triton, where old Cham, Whom Gentiles Ammon call and Libyan Jove, Hid Amalthea, and her florid son Young Bacchus, from his stepdame Rhea's eye; Nor where Abassin kings their issue guard, Mount Amara, though this by some supposed True Paradise, under the Ethiop line By Nilus...
Page 44 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce ; From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice...
Page 59 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 104 - Know ye not then, said Satan fill'd with scorn, Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar; Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng; or if ye know, Why ask ye, and superfluous begin Your message, like to end as much in vain ? To whom thus Zephon, answering scorn with scorn.