Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. According to the Author's Last Edition, in the Year 1674W. and W. Smith, P. Wilson, and T. Ewing, 1767 - 348 pages |
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... bring him , though unwilling , to Gabriel ; by whom questioned , he scornfully answers , prepares resistance , but hindered by a fign from heaven , flies out of Paradife , THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIFTH BOOK . M ORNING approach't , Eve ...
... bring him , though unwilling , to Gabriel ; by whom questioned , he scornfully answers , prepares resistance , but hindered by a fign from heaven , flies out of Paradife , THE ARGUMENT OF THE FIFTH BOOK . M ORNING approach't , Eve ...
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... bring her to that tree , and finds it to be the tree of knowledge forbidden : the ferpent now grown bolder , with many wiles and arguments induces her at length to eat ; fhe pleas'd with the taste deliberates a while whether to impart ...
... bring her to that tree , and finds it to be the tree of knowledge forbidden : the ferpent now grown bolder , with many wiles and arguments induces her at length to eat ; fhe pleas'd with the taste deliberates a while whether to impart ...
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... bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft times may fucceed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmoft councils from their deftin'd ...
... bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft times may fucceed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmoft councils from their deftin'd ...
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... bring forth Infinite goodness , grace and mercy shew'n On man by him seduc'd , but on himself Treble confufion , wrath and vengeance pour'd . Forthwith upright he rears from off the pool His mighty ftature ; on each hand the flames Driv ...
... bring forth Infinite goodness , grace and mercy shew'n On man by him seduc'd , but on himself Treble confufion , wrath and vengeance pour'd . Forthwith upright he rears from off the pool His mighty ftature ; on each hand the flames Driv ...
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... bring , what chance , what change Worth waiting , fince our present lot appears For happy though but ill , for ill not worst , If we procure not to ourselves more woe . Thus Belial with words cloath'd in reason's garb Counsel'd ignoble ...
... bring , what chance , what change Worth waiting , fince our present lot appears For happy though but ill , for ill not worst , If we procure not to ourselves more woe . Thus Belial with words cloath'd in reason's garb Counsel'd ignoble ...
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Adam Ægypt againſt alſo angels arm'd beaſt behold beſt blifs bright call'd cauſe cherubim cloud darkneſs death deep defire divine dwell earth eaſe elſe erft evil eyes faid fair feat feem'd ferpent fhall fide fight fince fire firft firſt fome foon foul fpake fruit ftill fuch gate glory hath heav'n heav'nly hell higheſt highth hill himſelf hoft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs light loft moſt muſt night o're Paradife paſs paſt pleas'd pleaſant pleaſure praiſe puniſhment rais'd reaſon reft repli'd reſt return'd rife Satan ſcarce ſeems ſhade ſhall ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhould ſome ſpake ſpirits ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtrength ſuch ſweet tafte taſte thee thefe themſelves thence theſe thine things thoſe thou thoughts thouſand throne tree turn'd wandring whofe whoſe wings wiſdom worfe worſe
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Page 124 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 88 - Ah, wherefore! he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none; nor was his service hard.
Page 121 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 251 - 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 44 - Typhoean rage more fell, Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind ; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Page 7 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 32 - Devoid of sense and motion? And who knows, Let this be good, whether our angry foe Can give it, or will ever? How he can Is doubtful; that he never will is sure.
Page 147 - Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 208 - 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 25 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.