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Samuel Johnson. Sole daughter of his voice ; the rest , we live Law to ourselves , our reafon is our law . To whom the Tempter guilefully reply'd . Indeed ? hath God then faid that of the fruit Of all these garden trees ye shall not eat ...
Samuel Johnson. Sole daughter of his voice ; the rest , we live Law to ourselves , our reafon is our law . To whom the Tempter guilefully reply'd . Indeed ? hath God then faid that of the fruit Of all these garden trees ye shall not eat ...
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... live , And life more perfect have attain'd than fate Meant me , by vent'ring higher than my lot . Shall that be shut to Man , which to the Beast Is open ? or will God incenfe his ire For fuch a petty trespass , and not praise Rather ...
... live , And life more perfect have attain'd than fate Meant me , by vent'ring higher than my lot . Shall that be shut to Man , which to the Beast Is open ? or will God incenfe his ire For fuch a petty trespass , and not praise Rather ...
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... lives , 750 755 760 And knows , and speaks , and reasons , and discerns , 765 Irrational till then . For us alone Was death invented ? or to us deny'd This intellectual food , for beasts reserv'd ? For beasts it seems : yet that one ...
... lives , 750 755 760 And knows , and speaks , and reasons , and discerns , 765 Irrational till then . For us alone Was death invented ? or to us deny'd This intellectual food , for beasts reserv'd ? For beasts it seems : yet that one ...
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... live with her enjoying , I extinct ; A death to think . Confirm'd then I refolve , Adam fhall fhare with me in blifs or woe : So dear I love him , that with him all deaths 805 810 815 820 825 830 I could I could indure , without him ...
... live with her enjoying , I extinct ; A death to think . Confirm'd then I refolve , Adam fhall fhare with me in blifs or woe : So dear I love him , that with him all deaths 805 810 815 820 825 830 I could I could indure , without him ...
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Samuel Johnson. I could indure , without him live no life . So faying , from the tree her step she turn'd , But firft low reverence done , as to the Power That dwelt within , whose presence had infus'd Into the plant fciential fap ...
Samuel Johnson. I could indure , without him live no life . So faying , from the tree her step she turn'd , But firft low reverence done , as to the Power That dwelt within , whose presence had infus'd Into the plant fciential fap ...
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Page 28 - Without copartner ? so to add what wants In female sex, the more to draw his love, And render me more equal; and, perhaps, A thing not undesirable, sometime Superior; for, inferior, who is free ? This may be well: but what if God have seen.
Page 8 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Page 170 - The strength whereof sufficed him forty days ; Sometimes that with Elijah he partook, Or as a guest with Daniel at his pulse.
Page 94 - Present, and of his presence many a sign Still following thee, still compassing thee round With goodness and paternal love, his face Express, and of his steps the track divine.
Page 2 - Nor skilled, nor studious, higher argument Remains, sufficient of itself to raise That name, unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing Depressed, and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers who brings it nightly to my ear.
Page 135 - So shall the World go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign, Under her own weight groaning, till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked...
Page 92 - 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, accustom'd to immortal fruits?
Page 14 - Thus saying, from her husband's hand her hand Soft she withdrew ; and like a wood-nymph light, Oread or Dryad, or of Delia's train, Betook her to the groves, but Delia's self In gait...
Page 136 - ... observe His providence; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Page 24 - Why then was this forbid ? Why but to awe, Why but to keep ye low and ignorant, His worshippers...