The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1809 |
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... woods Autumnus ' fruits appeare ? " O , no ; of nought but winter can I tell , " Whom , by his boisterous blafts , I know right well . " Prefented with a universal blank Of nature's works to me 10 BOOK IN . PARADISE LOST .
... woods Autumnus ' fruits appeare ? " O , no ; of nought but winter can I tell , " Whom , by his boisterous blafts , I know right well . " Prefented with a universal blank Of nature's works to me 10 BOOK IN . PARADISE LOST .
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... nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd , ] Per- haps we fhould read and point the paffage thus : " Prefented with a univerfal blank ; " All nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd , ” that is , " all nature's works being , in respect ...
... nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd , ] Per- haps we fhould read and point the paffage thus : " Prefented with a univerfal blank ; " All nature's works to me expung'd and ras'd , ” that is , " all nature's works being , in respect ...
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... nature , and revoke the high decree 126 Ver . 117 . if ] If here does not imply the leaft doubt or uncertainty ; but it is used , as it is fometimes in the best authors , in the fenfe of though . " Though I foreknew , that foreknowledge ...
... nature , and revoke the high decree 126 Ver . 117 . if ] If here does not imply the leaft doubt or uncertainty ; but it is used , as it is fometimes in the best authors , in the fenfe of though . " Though I foreknew , that foreknowledge ...
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... nature also to thy nature join ; And be thyfelf Man among men on earth , Made flesh , when time shall be , of virgin feed , By wonderous birth : Be thou in Adam's room 285 The head of all mankind , though Adam's son . As in him perish ...
... nature also to thy nature join ; And be thyfelf Man among men on earth , Made flesh , when time shall be , of virgin feed , By wonderous birth : Be thou in Adam's room 285 The head of all mankind , though Adam's son . As in him perish ...
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... nature , leffen or degrade thine own . Because thou haft , though thron'd in highest bliss Ver . 299. Giving to death , and dying to redeem , ] Milton's fyftem of divinity taught not only that Man was redeemed , but likewife that a real ...
... nature , leffen or degrade thine own . Because thou haft , though thron'd in highest bliss Ver . 299. Giving to death , and dying to redeem , ] Milton's fyftem of divinity taught not only that Man was redeemed , but likewife that a real ...
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Page 374 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 447 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 11 - So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 193 - 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 79 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 441 - Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, 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, 280 From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Page 263 - And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought, and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 231 - Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers ; Hear my decree, which unrevoked shall stand. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son, and on this holy hill Him have anointed, whom ye now behold At my right hand; your head I him appoint; And by myself have sworn, to him shall bow All knees in heaven, and shall confess him Lord...
Page 225 - Myself and all the angelic host, that stand In sight of God enthroned, our happy state Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds ; On other surety none ; freely we serve, Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not ; in this we stand or fall. And some are fallen, to disobedience fallen, And so from heaven to deepest hell : O fall From what high state of bliss into what woe...
Page 432 - Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid ; Leave them to God above, him serve and fear...