Oeuvres complètes de m. le vicomte de Chateaubriand: Le Paradis Perdu de MiltonPourrat frères, 1837 |
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... hast thou fought The better fight , who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth , in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach , far worse to bear Than ...
... hast thou fought The better fight , who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth , in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach , far worse to bear Than ...
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... hast thou arm'd , the minstrelsy of heaven , Servility with freedom to contend , As both their deeds compared this day shall prove . To whom in brief thus Abdiel stern replied : Apostate , still thou err'st , nor end wilt find Of erring ...
... hast thou arm'd , the minstrelsy of heaven , Servility with freedom to contend , As both their deeds compared this day shall prove . To whom in brief thus Abdiel stern replied : Apostate , still thou err'st , nor end wilt find Of erring ...
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... hast thou disturb'd Heaven's blessed peace , and into nature brought Misery , uncreated till the crime Of thy rebellion ! how hast thou instill'd Thy malice into thousands , once upright And faithful , now proved false ! But think not ...
... hast thou disturb'd Heaven's blessed peace , and into nature brought Misery , uncreated till the crime Of thy rebellion ! how hast thou instill'd Thy malice into thousands , once upright And faithful , now proved false ! But think not ...
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... Hast thou turn'd the least of these To flight ? or if to fall , but that they rise Uvanquinsh'd , easier to transact with me That thou shouldst hope , imperious , and with threats To chase me hence ? err not , that so shall end The ...
... Hast thou turn'd the least of these To flight ? or if to fall , but that they rise Uvanquinsh'd , easier to transact with me That thou shouldst hope , imperious , and with threats To chase me hence ? err not , that so shall end The ...
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... and full of wonder in our ears , Far differing from this world , thou hast reveal'd , Divine interpreter ! by favour sent Down from the empyrean , to forewarn saient ce seul commandement si facile à observer , au 82 BOOK VII .
... and full of wonder in our ears , Far differing from this world , thou hast reveal'd , Divine interpreter ! by favour sent Down from the empyrean , to forewarn saient ce seul commandement si facile à observer , au 82 BOOK VII .
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Adam ainsi angel anges après lui arbre armée autre avait avant bien bientôt c'est ce jour-là ce que céleste chemin cherche chérubins choses ciel cœur colère contre côté crainte créatures d'abord d'eux d'une dans le death demeure deux devant DIEU Dieux divine doit doux droit earth élevé elle encore enfin ennemi espérance esprit été être fair fait femme fils fois fruit gloire grand hast hath haut heaven hommes humaine j'ai joie jour jusqu'à l'air l'ange l'autre l'enfer l'homme le ciel le monde loin long-temps lumière maintenant mieux monde mort n'est nuit par la Paradise pareil paroles péché peine pensées PÈRE peut peut-être plaisir plein pouvoir premier présent puissance qu'elle qu'il qu'un que le race raison région Satan seem'd sera serpent seul soleil sous souvent temps terre tête thee thou tout trône trouvé vertu voir vois voix volonté yeux
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Page 217 - Adjoin'd, from each thing met, conceives delight— The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 154 - fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
Page 480 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand : the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide : They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 176 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best : All higher knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows...
Page 383 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
Page 308 - Ye have the account Of my performance ; what remains, ye Gods, But up and enter now into full bliss? " So having said, a while he stood, expecting Their universal shout and high applause To fill his ear ; when, contrary, he hears, On all sides, from innumerable tongues A dismal universal hiss, the sound Of public scorn.
Page 342 - She ended weeping, and her lowly plight, Immovable till peace obtained from fault Acknowledged and deplored, in Adam wrought Commiseration; soon his heart relented Towards her, his life so late and sole delight, Now at his feet submissive in distress...
Page 186 - I now must change Those notes to tragic — foul distrust, and breach Disloyal, on the part of man, revolt And disobedience...
Page 176 - For, what admir'st thou, what transports thee so, An outside ? fair, no doubt, and worthy well Thy cherishing, thy honouring, and thy love ; Not thy subjection...
Page 102 - Earth Put forth the verdant grass, herb yielding seed, And fruit-tree yielding fruit after her kind, Whose seed is in herself upon the Earth.