The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 4Samuel Johnson C. Bathurst, 1779 - English poetry |
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... fign Of forrow ' unfeign'd , and humiliation meek ? Undoubtedly he will relent and turn From his displeasure ; in whose look ferene , When angry most he seem'd and most severe , What else but favor , grace , and mercy fhone ? VOL . II ...
... fign Of forrow ' unfeign'd , and humiliation meek ? Undoubtedly he will relent and turn From his displeasure ; in whose look ferene , When angry most he seem'd and most severe , What else but favor , grace , and mercy fhone ? VOL . II ...
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... , and with their fighs the air Frequenting , fent from hearts contrite , in fign Of forrow ' unfeign'd , and humiliation meek . THE END OF THE TENTH BOOK . THE ELEVENTH BOOK O F PARADISE LOST . 1 THE 82 Book X. PARADISE LOST .
... , and with their fighs the air Frequenting , fent from hearts contrite , in fign Of forrow ' unfeign'd , and humiliation meek . THE END OF THE TENTH BOOK . THE ELEVENTH BOOK O F PARADISE LOST . 1 THE 82 Book X. PARADISE LOST .
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... in plain God is as here , and will be found alike Prefent , and of his prefence many a fign Still following thee , ftill compaffing thee round 345 350 With goodness and paternal love , his face Express , With 94 Book XI . PARADISE LOST .
... in plain God is as here , and will be found alike Prefent , and of his prefence many a fign Still following thee , ftill compaffing thee round 345 350 With goodness and paternal love , his face Express , With 94 Book XI . PARADISE LOST .
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... leaf he brings , pacific fign : Anon dry ground appears , and from his ark The ancient fire defcends with all his train ; 855 860 VOL . II . I Then Then with uplifted hands , and eyes devout , Grateful Book XI . 113 PARADISE LOST .
... leaf he brings , pacific fign : Anon dry ground appears , and from his ark The ancient fire defcends with all his train ; 855 860 VOL . II . I Then Then with uplifted hands , and eyes devout , Grateful Book XI . 113 PARADISE LOST .
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... d him ; to them fhall leave in charge To teach all nations what of him they learn'd And his falvation , them who fhall believe K 3 440 Baptizing Baptizing in the profluent ftream , the fign Of washing Book XII . 133 PARADISE LOST .
... d him ; to them fhall leave in charge To teach all nations what of him they learn'd And his falvation , them who fhall believe K 3 440 Baptizing Baptizing in the profluent ftream , the fign Of washing Book XII . 133 PARADISE LOST .
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Adam againſt alfo alſo Angels anſwer beafts beaſt beft behold beſt call'd cauſe Chorus cloud death defcended defert defire earth eaſe evil eyes faid fair faith fear feek fent fhall fide fight fign fince firft firſt flain fome foon forrow foul fpake fruit ftill fuch glory hath heart Heav'n heav'nly Hell higheſt highth himſelf juft juſt king laft laſt leaſt lefs loft moſt muft muſt nigh pafs Paradife PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAIN'D pleaſure pow'r praiſe rais'd reaſon reft reign reply'd return'd Satan Saviour ſcarce ſee ſeek ſeem Serpent ſhall ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhould ſhow Son of God ſpake ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſuch ſweet tafte taſte Tempter thee thefe themſelves thence theſe things thoſe thou art thought throne tree utmoſt virtue whofe whoſe wilderneſs worfe worſe
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Page 117 - but now lead on, In me is no delay; with thee to go, 615 Is to ftay here; without thee here to ftay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banifh'd hence. This further confolation yet fecure
Page 2 - abftracled ftood From his own ev'il, and for the time remain'd Stupidly good, of enmity difarm'd, 465 Of guile, of hate, of envy, of revenge; But the hot Hell that always in him burns, Though in mid Heav'n, foon ended his delight, And tortures him now more, the more he fees Of pleafure not for him
Page 49 - Fix'd on this day ? why do I overlive, Why am I mock'd with death, and lengthen'd out •To deathlefs pain ? how gladly would I meet 775 Mortality my fentence, and be earth Infenfible, how glad would lay me down As in my mother's lap ? there I mould reft And fleep fecure ; his dreadful voice no more
Page 85 - fo violence Proceeded, and oppreffion, and fword-law Through all the plain, and refuge none was found. Adam was all in tears, and to his guide Lamenting turn'd full fad ; O what are thefe, 675 Death's minifters, not men, who thus deal death Inhumanly to men, and multiply Ten thoufand fold the
Page 8 - far. So glifter'd the dire Snake, and into fraud Led Eve our credulous mother, to the tree Of prohibition, root of all our woe; 645 Which when fhe faw, thus to her guide me fpake. Serpent, we might have fpar'd our coming hither, Fruitlefs to me, though fruit be here to
Page 8 - vapor, which the night 635 Condenfes, and the cold environs round, Kindled through agitation to a flame, Which oft, they fay, fome evil Spi'rit attends, Hovering and blazing with delufive light, Mifleads th' amaz'd night-wand'rer from his way 640 To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool, There fwallow'd up and loft, from fuccour far.
Page 81 - And now prepare thee for another fight. 555 He look'd, and faw a fpacious plain, whereon Were tents of various hue; by fome were herds Of cattel grazing; others, whence the found Of inftruments that made melodious chime Was heard, of harp and organ ; and who mov'd 560 Their
Page 98 - derive his name, Though of rebellion others he accufe. He with a crew, whom like ambition joins With him or under him to tyrannize, Marching from Eden tow'ards the weft, mall find 40 The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out from under ground, the mouth of Hell; Of brick, and of that
Page 55 - but a flow-pac'd evil, A long day's dying to augment our pain, And to our feed (O haplefs feed!) deriv'd. 965 To whom thus Eve, recovering heart, reply'd. Adam, by fad experiment I know How little weight my words with thee can find, Found fo erroneous, thence by juft event Found fo unfortunate; neverthelefs,
Page 88 - fo numerous late, All left, in one fmall bottom fwum imbark'd. How didft thou grieve then, Adam, to behold The end of all thy offspring, end fo fad, 755 Depopulation ! thee another flood, Of tears and forrow' a flood thee alfo drown'd, And funk thee as thy fons; till gently rear'd By