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" Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou knowest ; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And madst it pregnant... "
The Supernatural in Nature: A Verification by Free Use of Science - Page 167
by Joseph William Reynolds - 1878 - 484 pages
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The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners: With Strictures ..., Volume 11

1801 - 450 pages
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...Sp'rit, that dost prefer Before all temples th' upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know'st: Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty...outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, 21 And mad'st it pregnant. What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support ; That to the...
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The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature

English literature - 1805 - 570 pages
...of the Apostles with feelings congenial to those of our great epic bard : \ • And chiefly thou, О Spirit, that dost prefer' Before all temples the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st: thou from ihr frst Wait prętent, and with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding.'...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...braecb'd with me. Stairfcare To BROOD, v. ». [brzdan, Sax.] z. To sit as on etrps, to hatch them. Thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wings outspread, Dove-like sat'st branding un the vast abyss, And mad'st it premium, Miltan. Here nature spreads her fruitful sweetness...
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The Athenaeum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous ..., Volume 2

John Aikin - 1807 - 692 pages
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The remains of Henry Kirke White [ed.] with an acount of his life ..., Volume 2

Henry Kirke White - 1807 - 320 pages
...readers. Thus the present passage in the Psalmist was in all probability in his mind when he wrote — " And with mighty wings outspread, " Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss." Par. Lost, L. 20, B. 1. o 3 ~*"- aA The third verse of the civ. " He maketh the clouds his chariot,...
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The Remains of Henry Kirke White: Of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College ...

Henry Kirke White - Poets, English - 1808 - 698 pages
...present passage in the Psalmist was in all probability in his mind when he wrote — * t - • • " And with mighty wings outspread, " Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss." Par. Lost, L. 20, B. 1. o3 The third verse of the civ. Psalm— » • • • " He maketh the clouds...
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Life of Torquato Tasso: With an Historical and Critical Account of ..., Volume 2

John Black - 1810 - 528 pages
...da frale sconti Col suo caldo vital covata, e piena Trae non pennato' I figlio, e quasi informe, J Thou from the first Wast present ; and with mighty...outspread, Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st iipregn:mi, || Seco era allor, ch'all'ocean profondo Termine pose, e die sue leggi all'onde...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things miattempted yet in prose or rhyme. And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples...the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present, and, with mighty wingsout spread. Dove-like sat'st brooding...
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Paradise Lost, and the Fragment of a Commentary upon it by William Cowper

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhvme. >f- •*And chiefly thou, O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all temples...the upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for thou know'st; thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like sat'st brooding...
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