Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve BooksA. Donalson, and fold at his shop, 1772 - 323 pages |
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... shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities , And pow'rs that erst in heaven fat on thrones ; 360 Tho ' of their names in heav'nly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and raz'd By their rebellion from the books of life ...
... shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities , And pow'rs that erst in heaven fat on thrones ; 360 Tho ' of their names in heav'nly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and raz'd By their rebellion from the books of life ...
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... shape they chuse Dilated or condens'd , bright or obfcure , Can execute their aery purposes , 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Ifrael oft forsook Their living Strength , and unfrequented left His righteous ...
... shape they chuse Dilated or condens'd , bright or obfcure , Can execute their aery purposes , 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Ifrael oft forsook Their living Strength , and unfrequented left His righteous ...
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... d . After these appear'd A crew , who , under names of old renown , Ofiris , Ifis , Orus , and their train , With monstrous shapes and forceries abus'd 472 475 Fanatic 480 485 Fanatic Egypt , and her priests , to 16 Book I. PARADISE LOST .
... d . After these appear'd A crew , who , under names of old renown , Ofiris , Ifis , Orus , and their train , With monstrous shapes and forceries abus'd 472 475 Fanatic 480 485 Fanatic Egypt , and her priests , to 16 Book I. PARADISE LOST .
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... shape and gesture proudly eminent , Stood like a tow'r ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness , nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd , and th ' excess Of glory ' obfcur'd : as when the fun new risen Looks through the ...
... shape and gesture proudly eminent , Stood like a tow'r ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness , nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd , and th ' excess Of glory ' obfcur'd : as when the fun new risen Looks through the ...
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... shapes immense , and were at large , 790 Though without number still , amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim , In close recefs and ...
... shapes immense , and were at large , 790 Though without number still , amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim , In close recefs and ...
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Adam alſo angel appear'd behold beſt bliſs call'd cauſe cloſe courſe dark death defire delight deſign divine earth eaſe elſe eternal evil eyes faid fair faſt Father feat ferpent fide fight fince fire firſt fome fons foon foul fruit fuch glory happy haſte hath heav'n heav'nly hell houſe juſt King laſt leſs leſt light live loft loſs loſt Milton moſt muſt night o'er Paradiſe PARADISE LOST paſs paſs'd paſt pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed rais'd reaſon reply'd reſt return'd rifing roſe Satan ſay ſcarce ſcorn ſecond ſeek ſeem'd ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhould ſhow ſky ſome ſpake ſpirits ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſuch ſweet taſte thee thence theſe things thoſe thou thought thro throne tree turn'd univerſal uſe verſes whoſe wings worſe