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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... perhaps the noblest monument of human genius . The two first books , by universal consent , stand pre- eminent in sublimity . Hell and Hell's King have a terrible harmony , and dilate into new grandeur and awfulness , the longer we ...
... perhaps the noblest monument of human genius . The two first books , by universal consent , stand pre- eminent in sublimity . Hell and Hell's King have a terrible harmony , and dilate into new grandeur and awfulness , the longer we ...
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... to find means of evil , Which oft - times may succeed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim . 1 But see the angry Victor hath recall'd His ministers. PARADISE LOST . 5.
... to find means of evil , Which oft - times may succeed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmost counsels from their destined aim . 1 But see the angry Victor hath recall'd His ministers. PARADISE LOST . 5.
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... Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our foe . Seest thou yon dreary plain , forlorn and wild , The ...
... Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our foe . Seest thou yon dreary plain , forlorn and wild , The ...
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... perhaps Our first eruption ; thither or elsewhere ; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial spirits in bondage , nor the abyss Long under darkness cover . But these thoughts Full counsel must mature : peace is despair'd ; For ...
... perhaps Our first eruption ; thither or elsewhere ; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial spirits in bondage , nor the abyss Long under darkness cover . But these thoughts Full counsel must mature : peace is despair'd ; For ...
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... perhaps The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe . Let such bethink them , if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still , That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat ...
... perhaps The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe . Let such bethink them , if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still , That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat ...
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