Le paradis perdu, Volume 1Pourrat frères, 1837 - 495 pages |
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... Nature : God and Nature bid the same , When he who rules is worthiest , and excels Them whom he governs . This is servitude , To serve the unwise , or him who hath rebell'd » tieux , pour recevoir ta récompense méritée , » 16 BOOK VI .
... Nature : God and Nature bid the same , When he who rules is worthiest , and excels Them whom he governs . This is servitude , To serve the unwise , or him who hath rebell'd » tieux , pour recevoir ta récompense méritée , » 16 BOOK VI .
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... Nature ordonne . » DIEU et la Nature commandent la même chose , >>> >> lorsque celui qui gouverne est le plus digne , et qu'il excelle sur ceux qu'il gouverne . La ser- >> vitude est de servir l'insensé ou celui qui s'est $ Against his ...
... Nature ordonne . » DIEU et la Nature commandent la même chose , >>> >> lorsque celui qui gouverne est le plus digne , et qu'il excelle sur ceux qu'il gouverne . La ser- >> vitude est de servir l'insensé ou celui qui s'est $ Against his ...
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... nature brought Misery , uncreated till the crime Of thy rebellion ! how hast thou instill'd Thy malice into thousands , once upright And faithful , now proved false ! But think not here To trouble holy rest ; heaven casts thee out From ...
... nature brought Misery , uncreated till the crime Of thy rebellion ! how hast thou instill'd Thy malice into thousands , once upright And faithful , now proved false ! But think not here To trouble holy rest ; heaven casts thee out From ...
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... nature la misère , >> incréée avant le crime de ta rébellion ! combien >> as - tu empoisonné de ta malice des milliers d'anges , jadis droits et fidèles , maintenant de- » venus traîtres ! Mais ne crois pas bannir d'ici le » saint repos ...
... nature la misère , >> incréée avant le crime de ta rébellion ! combien >> as - tu empoisonné de ta malice des milliers d'anges , jadis droits et fidèles , maintenant de- » venus traîtres ! Mais ne crois pas bannir d'ici le » saint repos ...
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... nature » se rompait , si parmi les constellations la guerre » était déclarée , telles deux planètes , précipitées » sous l'influence maligne de l'opposition la plus » violente , combattraient au milieu du firmament >> et confondraient ...
... nature » se rompait , si parmi les constellations la guerre » était déclarée , telles deux planètes , précipitées » sous l'influence maligne de l'opposition la plus » violente , combattraient au milieu du firmament >> et confondraient ...
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Adam amid angel anges another world appear'd archangel arms beast began behold best bright bring call'd choses ciel cloud créatures darkness death deep delight DIEU divine doom dwell earth ÈVE evil eyes faith Father fear find firmament first forth found fruit glory godlike good grace great ground hand hath head heard heart heaven heavenly high hill his punishment hope know knowledge l'homme last leave left less life light live lost love made make mankind Michel mind mort night offspring Paradise peace péché perhaps power race reason receive replied return return'd Satan scarce seat seed seek seem'd seest serpent show sight soon spake stars stood stroke sweet taste terre their thence thine things thou thou hast though thought Thrice throne tree tree Of knowledge turn'd virtue wide wings words work world
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Page 222 - Adjoin'd, from each thing met, conceives delight— The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 300 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Page 414 - if thou well observe The rule of 'Not too much,' by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight ; Till many years over thy head return, So may'st thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature : This is old age...
Page 146 - Eve; heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee, and thy being; Dream not of other worlds; what creatures there Live in what state, condition, or degree ; Contented that thus far hath been reveal'd Not of earth only, but of highest heaven.
Page 266 - Carnal desire inflaming; he on Eve Began to cast lascivious eyes, she him As wantonly repaid; in lust they burn; Till Adam thus 'gan Eve to dalliance move: "Eve, now I see thou art exact of taste, And elegant, of sapience no small part...
Page 398 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
Page 112 - Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...
Page 80 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 394 - With what to sight or smell was sweet ! from thee How shall I part, and whither wander down Into a lower world ; to this obscure And wild ? how shall we breathe in other air Less pure, accustomed to immortal fruits ? Whom thus the Angel interrupted mild.
Page 354 - And straight conjunction with this sex. For either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake ; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain, Through her perverseness, but shall see her gain'd By a far worse, or, if she love, withheld By parents ; or his happiest choice too late Shall meet, already link'd and wedlock-bound To a fell adversary, his hate or shame: Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life, and household peace confound.