Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volume 2R. Bladon, T. Lawes, S. Crowder, C. Ware, and T. Payne, 1784 - 463 pages |
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... land be there , Fields and inhabitants .. Her fpots thou feeft 130 135 . 140 ) 1455 L. 124. By his attractive virtue , & c . ] It appears by this paffage ,. that Milton was acquainted , in fome measure , with the doctrine of attraction ...
... land be there , Fields and inhabitants .. Her fpots thou feeft 130 135 . 140 ) 1455 L. 124. By his attractive virtue , & c . ] It appears by this paffage ,. that Milton was acquainted , in fome measure , with the doctrine of attraction ...
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... land , From Eden over Pontus , and the pool Mæotis , up beyond the river Ob ; Downward as far antarctick ; and in length , Weft from Orontes to the ocean barr'd At Darien , thence to the land where flows · 75 80 L. 63. The space of fev ...
... land , From Eden over Pontus , and the pool Mæotis , up beyond the river Ob ; Downward as far antarctick ; and in length , Weft from Orontes to the ocean barr'd At Darien , thence to the land where flows · 75 80 L. 63. The space of fev ...
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... land , now fea , and fhores with foreft crown'd , Rocks , dens , and caves ! But I in none of these Find place or refuge ; and the more I fee Pleasures about me , fo much more I feel Torment within me ' , as from the hateful fiege Of ...
... land , now fea , and fhores with foreft crown'd , Rocks , dens , and caves ! But I in none of these Find place or refuge ; and the more I fee Pleasures about me , fo much more I feel Torment within me ' , as from the hateful fiege Of ...
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... land upon gulfs , promontories and islands , were duly measured . It con- tains , from north to fouth , about 8220 miles , and from east to west 6540 miles . Speech intermitted thus to Eve renew'd : Would thou hadst бо Book IX ...
... land upon gulfs , promontories and islands , were duly measured . It con- tains , from north to fouth , about 8220 miles , and from east to west 6540 miles . Speech intermitted thus to Eve renew'd : Would thou hadst бо Book IX ...
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... land - snake , but of a broader back , having red and inflamed eyes , hard and dry scales . Ibid . Amphibana . ] Gr . i . e . going both ways . A ferpent in the deferts of Lybia , having two heads , at each end one . L. 525. Ceraftes ...
... land - snake , but of a broader back , having red and inflamed eyes , hard and dry scales . Ibid . Amphibana . ] Gr . i . e . going both ways . A ferpent in the deferts of Lybia , having two heads , at each end one . L. 525. Ceraftes ...
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Page 50 - Without copartner ? so to add what wants In female sex, the more to draw his love, And render me more equal; and, perhaps, A thing not undesirable, sometime Superior; for, inferior, who is free ? This may be well: but what if God have seen.
Page 54 - Matter of scorn, not to be given the Foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom : If death Consort with thee, death is to me as life ; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of Nature draw me to my own ; My own in thee, for what thou art is mine ; Our state cannot be sever'd ; we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
Page 1 - THE angel ended, and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice, that he awhile Thought him still speaking, still stood fix'd to hear...
Page 96 - ... a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, More to the part sinister, from me drawn ; Well if thrown out, as supernumerary To my just number found. O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine ; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 25 - Nor skilled, 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 Depressed ; and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers who brings it nightly to my ear.
Page 9 - Thou sun, said I, 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 125 - But have I now seen death ? Is this the way I must return to native dust ? O sight Of terror, foul and ugly to behold, Horrid to think, how horrible to feel...
Page 10 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself, by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know.
Page 164 - Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 116 - Present, and of his presence many a sign Still following thee, still compassing thee round With goodness and paternal love, his face Express, and of his steps the track divine.