The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton, Volume 2W. Baxter, 1824 |
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... earth , not rapt above the pole , that Milton chiefly alludes , ver . had this passage at the begin- More safe I sing with mortal voice , unchang'd To. 20 200. & c . Αλλ ' ότε δη κακείνος απήχθετο πάσι θεοισιν , Ητοι ὁ καππίδιον το ...
... earth , not rapt above the pole , that Milton chiefly alludes , ver . had this passage at the begin- More safe I sing with mortal voice , unchang'd To. 20 200. & c . Αλλ ' ότε δη κακείνος απήχθετο πάσι θεοισιν , Ητοι ὁ καππίδιον το ...
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... earth , what cause Mov'd the Creator in his holy rest Through all eternity so late to build 79 . -the end Of what we are . ] The will of God is the end to which all we are ; thou hast created all things , and for thy pleasure they are ...
... earth , what cause Mov'd the Creator in his holy rest Through all eternity so late to build 79 . -the end Of what we are . ] The will of God is the end to which all we are ; thou hast created all things , and for thy pleasure they are ...
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... earth , the wondrous scenes in hell , Till in the vault of heav'n the stars decay , And the sky reddens with the rising day . Broome . Mr. Thyer is of opinion , that there is not a greater instance of our author's exquisite skill in the ...
... earth , the wondrous scenes in hell , Till in the vault of heav'n the stars decay , And the sky reddens with the rising day . Broome . Mr. Thyer is of opinion , that there is not a greater instance of our author's exquisite skill in the ...
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... earth or heaven : Enough is left besides to search and know . But knowledge is as food , and needs no less Her temp❜rance over appetite , to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit , and soon turns ...
... earth or heaven : Enough is left besides to search and know . But knowledge is as food , and needs no less Her temp❜rance over appetite , to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit , and soon turns ...
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... earth be chang'd to heav'n , and heav'n to earth , ] Milton's meaning seems to have been this , that earth would be so happy in being inhabited by obedient creatures , that it would be changed to , i . e . resemble , heaven ; and heaven ...
... earth be chang'd to heav'n , and heav'n to earth , ] Milton's meaning seems to have been this , that earth would be so happy in being inhabited by obedient creatures , that it would be changed to , i . e . resemble , heaven ; and heaven ...
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Page 163 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 271 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 59 - He telleth the number of the stars ; he calleth them all by their names.
Page 378 - I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go Is to stay here; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.
Page 62 - To ask or search, I blame thee not; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Page 106 - I now must change Those notes to tragic ; foul distrust, and breach Disloyal on the part of man, revolt, And disobedience : on the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste, Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given ; That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and misery Death's harbinger.
Page 296 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 178 - And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Page 396 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 111 - Nor skill'd nor studious, higher argument "Remains ; sufficient of itself to raise That name, unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years damp my intended wing Depress'd ; and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers, who brings it nightly to my ear.