Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Correctly Printed from the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D.James Magee, 1788 - 332 pages |
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... labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft - times may fucceed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and B 2 Book I. 19 PARADISE LOS T. And put to proof his high fupremacy, ...
... labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft - times may fucceed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and B 2 Book I. 19 PARADISE LOS T. And put to proof his high fupremacy, ...
Page 20
... Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmost counfels from their destin'd aim . But fee the angry victor hath recall'd His minifters of vengeance and purfuit Back to the gates of Heav'n : the fulphurous hail Shot after us ...
... Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmost counfels from their destin'd aim . But fee the angry victor hath recall'd His minifters of vengeance and purfuit Back to the gates of Heav'n : the fulphurous hail Shot after us ...
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... shall be right : farthest from him is best , Whom reas'on hath equal'd , force hath made fupreme Above his equals . Farewell happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors , hail 250 Infernal world , and thou profoundest Hell ...
... shall be right : farthest from him is best , Whom reas'on hath equal'd , force hath made fupreme Above his equals . Farewell happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors , hail 250 Infernal world , and thou profoundest Hell ...
Page 34
... shall never hold Celestial Spi'rits in bondage , nor th ' abyfs Long under darkness cover . But thefe thoughts Full counsel must mature : Peace is defpair'd , 660 For who can think fubmiffion ? War then , War Open or understood must be ...
... shall never hold Celestial Spi'rits in bondage , nor th ' abyfs Long under darkness cover . But thefe thoughts Full counsel must mature : Peace is defpair'd , 660 For who can think fubmiffion ? War then , War Open or understood must be ...
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... shall be fent on this difficult fearch ; Satan their chief un- dertakes alone the voyage , is bonor'd and applauded . The council thus ended , the reft betake them feveral ways , and to feveral employments , as their inclina- tions lead ...
... shall be fent on this difficult fearch ; Satan their chief un- dertakes alone the voyage , is bonor'd and applauded . The council thus ended , the reft betake them feveral ways , and to feveral employments , as their inclina- tions lead ...
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