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... reason hath equall'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors , hail 250 Infernal world , and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind ...
... reason hath equall'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors , hail 250 Infernal world , and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind ...
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... reason , to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious , but to nobler deeds Tim'rous and slothful : yet he pleased the ear , And with persuasive accent thus began : I should be much for open ...
... reason , to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious , but to nobler deeds Tim'rous and slothful : yet he pleased the ear , And with persuasive accent thus began : I should be much for open ...
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... reason's garb , Counsel'd ignoble ease and peaceful sloth , Not peace : and after him thus Mammon spake : Either to disenthrone the King of Heav'n May hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield We war , Our own right lost : him to ...
... reason's garb , Counsel'd ignoble ease and peaceful sloth , Not peace : and after him thus Mammon spake : Either to disenthrone the King of Heav'n May hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield We war , Our own right lost : him to ...
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... reason hath deep silence and demur Seized us , though undismay'd : long is the way And hard that out of Hell leads up to light ; Our prison strong ; this huge convex of fire , Outrageous to devour , immures us round Ninefold , and gates ...
... reason hath deep silence and demur Seized us , though undismay'd : long is the way And hard that out of Hell leads up to light ; Our prison strong ; this huge convex of fire , Outrageous to devour , immures us round Ninefold , and gates ...
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... reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , Fix'd fate , free - will , foreknowledge absolute , And found no end , in wand'ring mazes lost . Of good and evil much they argued then , Of happiness and final misery ...
... reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , Fix'd fate , free - will , foreknowledge absolute , And found no end , in wand'ring mazes lost . Of good and evil much they argued then , Of happiness and final misery ...
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