The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: With Life of the Author and Dr. Channing's Essay on the Poetical Genius of MiltonMilner & Sowerby, 1865 - 537 pages |
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... God's gifts of intellect , he esteemed poetical genius the most transcendant . He esteemed it in himself as a kind of inspiration , and wrote his great work with something of the con- scious dignity of a prophet . We agree with Milton ...
... God's gifts of intellect , he esteemed poetical genius the most transcendant . He esteemed it in himself as a kind of inspiration , and wrote his great work with something of the con- scious dignity of a prophet . We agree with Milton ...
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... God's high sufferance for the trial of man , By falsities and lies the greatest part Of mankind they corrupted to forsake God their Creator , and the invisible Glory of him that made them to transform Oft to the image of a brute , adorn ...
... God's high sufferance for the trial of man , By falsities and lies the greatest part Of mankind they corrupted to forsake God their Creator , and the invisible Glory of him that made them to transform Oft to the image of a brute , adorn ...
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... God , Their altars by his altar , gods adored Among the nations round , and durst abide Jehovah thundering out of Sion , throned Between the cherubim ; yea , often placed Within his sanctuary itself their shrines , Abominations ; and ...
... God , Their altars by his altar , gods adored Among the nations round , and durst abide Jehovah thundering out of Sion , throned Between the cherubim ; yea , often placed Within his sanctuary itself their shrines , Abominations ; and ...
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... gods Whom he had vanquish'd . After these appear'd A crew , who , under names of old renown , Osiris , Isis , Orus , and their train , 10 With monstrous shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt and her priests , to seek Their wandering ...
... gods Whom he had vanquish'd . After these appear'd A crew , who , under names of old renown , Osiris , Isis , Orus , and their train , 10 With monstrous shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt and her priests , to seek Their wandering ...
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... gods , of Javan's issue ; held boo Gods , yet confess'd later than heaven and earth , Their boasted parents : Titan , heaven's first - born , With his enormous brood , and birthright seized By younger Saturn ; he from mightier Jove ...
... gods , of Javan's issue ; held boo Gods , yet confess'd later than heaven and earth , Their boasted parents : Titan , heaven's first - born , With his enormous brood , and birthright seized By younger Saturn ; he from mightier Jove ...
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