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... head of the law , and Blake at that of the navy . From all his writings , not a line can be extracted in defense of the usurpation , not a sentence which is inconsistent with his republicanism and love of civil liberty . VOL . I. D ...
... head of the law , and Blake at that of the navy . From all his writings , not a line can be extracted in defense of the usurpation , not a sentence which is inconsistent with his republicanism and love of civil liberty . VOL . I. D ...
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... head , it produces the inability which supposes . Our powers owe much of their energy to our hopes ; possunt quia posse videntur . When success seems attainable , diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted that the faculties are ...
... head , it produces the inability which supposes . Our powers owe much of their energy to our hopes ; possunt quia posse videntur . When success seems attainable , diligence is enforced ; but when it is admitted that the faculties are ...
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... head , when he feared lest the climate of his country might be too cold for flights of imagination . Into a mind already occupied by such fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear lest his ...
... head , when he feared lest the climate of his country might be too cold for flights of imagination . Into a mind already occupied by such fancies , another not more reasonable might easily find its way . He that could fear lest his ...
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... head by the question you put to me at Chalfont , which otherwise I had not thought of . ' His last poetical offspring was his favourite . He could not , as Elwood relates , endure to hear Para- dise Lost preferred to Paradise Regained ...
... head by the question you put to me at Chalfont , which otherwise I had not thought of . ' His last poetical offspring was his favourite . He could not , as Elwood relates , endure to hear Para- dise Lost preferred to Paradise Regained ...
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... head An Eden , like HIS OWN , lies spread ; I view that oak the fancied glades among , By which as MILTON lay , his evening ear , From many a cloud that drop'd etherial dew , Nigh sphered in Heaven , its native strains could hear , On ...
... head An Eden , like HIS OWN , lies spread ; I view that oak the fancied glades among , By which as MILTON lay , his evening ear , From many a cloud that drop'd etherial dew , Nigh sphered in Heaven , its native strains could hear , On ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty angels appear'd arm'd arms battle behold blank verse bliss burning lake CALIFORN call'd celestial Cherub Cherubim clouds Comus dark daughter death deep delight divine dread earth eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel fall Father fear fell fire flames friends Gabriel glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heaven heavenly Hell highth hill hope host infernal Ithuriel John Milton join'd King Latin less light Lycidas mankind Messiah Milton mind Moloch nature never night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd perhaps poem poet poetry praise rage reason reign revenge rhyme round Satan seem'd seems Seraph Seraphim shade sight soon spake Spirits stood sweet Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself turn'd Uriel verse vex'd whence winds wings wonder Zephon