Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Booksand sold at Paris by Theophilus Barrois, jr., 1816 - 348 pages |
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... divine poem licensed for the press , could sell the copy for no more than fif- teen pounds ; the payment of which valuable con- sideration depended upon the sale of three nume- rous impressions . So unreasonably may personal prejudice ...
... divine poem licensed for the press , could sell the copy for no more than fif- teen pounds ; the payment of which valuable con- sideration depended upon the sale of three nume- rous impressions . So unreasonably may personal prejudice ...
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... divine work he was tempted to range Beyond the visible diurnal sphere . With so many accomplishments , not to have had some faults and misfortunes to be laid in the balance with the fame and felicity of writing . Paradise Lost , would ...
... divine work he was tempted to range Beyond the visible diurnal sphere . With so many accomplishments , not to have had some faults and misfortunes to be laid in the balance with the fame and felicity of writing . Paradise Lost , would ...
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... divine thou treat'st of in such state , As them preserves , and thee inviolate . At once delight and horror on us seize , Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And above human flight dost soar aloft , With plume so strong , so ...
... divine thou treat'st of in such state , As them preserves , and thee inviolate . At once delight and horror on us seize , Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And above human flight dost soar aloft , With plume so strong , so ...
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... divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands ifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures better hid . Soon had his crew ...
... divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands ifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures better hid . Soon had his crew ...
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... eternal being : Or , if our substance be indeed divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel go 95 100 Our pow'r sufficient to disturb his Heaven , And with B. II . 45 PARADISE LOST .
... eternal being : Or , if our substance be indeed divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel go 95 100 Our pow'r sufficient to disturb his Heaven , And with B. II . 45 PARADISE LOST .
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Adam Almighty Angel answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms beast behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight divine dreadful dwell eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire fix'd fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah mix'd morn night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace plac'd pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spi'rits Spirits stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tow'ards tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings Zephon