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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... stand pre- eminent in sublimity . Hell and Hell's King have a terrible harmony , and dilate into new grandeur and awfulness , the longer we contemplate them . From one element , solid and liquid fire , ' the poet has framed a world of ...
... stand pre- eminent in sublimity . Hell and Hell's King have a terrible harmony , and dilate into new grandeur and awfulness , the longer we contemplate them . From one element , solid and liquid fire , ' the poet has framed a world of ...
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... stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with ordered spear and shield ; Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye , and ...
... stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with ordered spear and shield ; Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye , and ...
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... stand against the Thunderer's aim , Your bulwark , and condemns to greater share Of endless pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in heil Precedence ...
... stand against the Thunderer's aim , Your bulwark , and condemns to greater share Of endless pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in heil Precedence ...
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... Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forced hallelujahs ; while he lordly sits Our envied sovereign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial ...
... Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forced hallelujahs ; while he lordly sits Our envied sovereign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial ...
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... monarch , and prevented all reply ; Prudent , lest , from his resolution raised , Others among the chief might offer now ( Certain to be refused ) what erst they fear'd ; And , so refused , might in opinion stand His. PARADISE LOST . 33.
... monarch , and prevented all reply ; Prudent , lest , from his resolution raised , Others among the chief might offer now ( Certain to be refused ) what erst they fear'd ; And , so refused , might in opinion stand His. PARADISE LOST . 33.
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