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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... grace towards him , in regard he fell not of his own malice , as did Satan , but dfby him seduc't . The son of God renders praises to his ro- father for the manifestation of his gracious purpose torchwards man ; but God again declares ...
... grace towards him , in regard he fell not of his own malice , as did Satan , but dfby him seduc't . The son of God renders praises to his ro- father for the manifestation of his gracious purpose torchwards man ; but God again declares ...
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... grace With fuppliant knee , and deify his power , Who from the terror of this arm fo late Doubted his empire ; that were low indeed , That were an ignominy , and shame beneath This downfal ; fince by fate the strength of Gods And this ...
... grace With fuppliant knee , and deify his power , Who from the terror of this arm fo late Doubted his empire ; that were low indeed , That were an ignominy , and shame beneath This downfal ; fince by fate the strength of Gods And this ...
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... 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'n backward flope their pointing ...
... 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'n backward flope their pointing ...
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... grace to all , on promise made Of new subjection ; with what eyes could we Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws impos'd , to celebrate his throne With warbl'd hymns , and to his godhead fing Forc't halleluias ; while ...
... grace to all , on promise made Of new subjection ; with what eyes could we Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws impos'd , to celebrate his throne With warbl'd hymns , and to his godhead fing Forc't halleluias ; while ...
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... grace : and God proclaiming peace , Yet live in hatred , enmity , and strife Among themselves , and levie cruel wars , Wafting the earth , each other to destroy : As if ( which might induce us to accord ) Man had not hellish foes anow ...
... grace : and God proclaiming peace , Yet live in hatred , enmity , and strife Among themselves , and levie cruel wars , Wafting the earth , each other to destroy : As if ( which might induce us to accord ) Man had not hellish foes anow ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| 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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