Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. According to the Author's Last Edition, in the Year 1674 |
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Eve wondring to hear the ferpent speak , afks how he attain'd to human fpeech and fuch understanding not till now ; the ferpent anfwers , that by tafting of a certain tree in the garden he attain'd both to speech and reason , till then ...
Eve wondring to hear the ferpent speak , afks how he attain'd to human fpeech and fuch understanding not till now ; the ferpent anfwers , that by tafting of a certain tree in the garden he attain'd both to speech and reason , till then ...
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... fince no less Than fuch could have o'erpow'r'd such force as ours ) Have left us this our spirit and strength intire Strongly to fuffer and support our pains , That we may fo fuffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service as ...
... fince no less Than fuch could have o'erpow'r'd such force as ours ) Have left us this our spirit and strength intire Strongly to fuffer and support our pains , That we may fo fuffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service as ...
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Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight , till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With folid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And fuch appear'd in ...
Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight , till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With folid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And fuch appear'd in ...
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... assaults Their fureft fignal , they will soon resume New courage and revive , though now they ly Groveling and proftrate on yon lake of fire , As we ere while , astounded and amaz'd , No wonder , fall'n fuch a pernicious highth .
... assaults Their fureft fignal , they will soon resume New courage and revive , though now they ly Groveling and proftrate on yon lake of fire , As we ere while , astounded and amaz'd , No wonder , fall'n fuch a pernicious highth .
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Princes , potentates , Warriors , the flower of heav'n , once yours , now lost , If fuch aftonishment as this can feize Eternal spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease ...
Princes , potentates , Warriors , the flower of heav'n , once yours , now lost , If fuch aftonishment as this can feize Eternal spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease ...
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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.
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| Title | Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. According to the Author's Last Edition, in the Year 1674 |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | W. and W. Smith, P. Wilson, and T. Ewing, 1767 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Sep 25, 2006 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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