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Page 96
... earth , and air , and active flame , Fell through the mighty void , and in their fall Were blindly gather'd in this goodly ball . The tender soil then stiff'ning by degrees , Shut from the bounded earth the bounding seas , Then earth ...
... earth , and air , and active flame , Fell through the mighty void , and in their fall Were blindly gather'd in this goodly ball . The tender soil then stiff'ning by degrees , Shut from the bounded earth the bounding seas , Then earth ...
Page 101
... earth , and stretching a line upon it ; and , in another place , as garnishing the heavens , stretching out the north over the empty place , and hanging the earth upon nothing . This last no- ble thought Milton has expressed in the ...
... earth , and stretching a line upon it ; and , in another place , as garnishing the heavens , stretching out the north over the empty place , and hanging the earth upon nothing . This last no- ble thought Milton has expressed in the ...
Page 193
... earth , and placing it in a dif- ferent posture to the sun from what it had before the fall of man , is conceived with that sublime imagina- tion which was so peculiar to this great author : ' Some say he bid his angels turn askance The ...
... earth , and placing it in a dif- ferent posture to the sun from what it had before the fall of man , is conceived with that sublime imagina- tion which was so peculiar to this great author : ' Some say he bid his angels turn askance The ...
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action Adam ADDISON Æneas Æneid agreeable angels appear atheists Aurengzebe bagnio beautiful behaviour behold character cheerfulness circumstances consider creature dæmon death delight desire discourse DRYDEN earth endeavoured entertainment epilogue eyes fair father fortune gentleman give hand happy head hear heart heaven Homer honour humble servant Iliad imagination innocence John Sharpe Jupiter kind lady learning letter live look mankind manner MARCH 15 Margaret Clark Menippus Milton mind Mohocks nature never night obliged observed occasion OVID paper Paradise particular passage passion Paul Lorrain person pleased pleasure poem poet present prince racter reader reason received says shew Sir Richard Baker Sir Roger soon speak SPECTATOR spirit STEELE sublime take notice Tarpeia tell thee thing thou thought tion told town Turnus VIRG virtue whole woman yard land young