La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1J. Bell, 1810 |
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... hast done all things well : she died with an unspotted character , she died an angel , and now lives for ever among the angels.- Yes , she lives ! " he suddenly exclaimed , with so loud a voice that the vaulted roof re- echoed the sound ...
... hast done all things well : she died with an unspotted character , she died an angel , and now lives for ever among the angels.- Yes , she lives ! " he suddenly exclaimed , with so loud a voice that the vaulted roof re- echoed the sound ...
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... Hast thou forgot me theu , and do I seem Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heav'n , when at th ' assembly , and in sight Of all the seraphim with thee combin'd In bold conspiracy against Heav'n's King , All on a sudden ...
... Hast thou forgot me theu , and do I seem Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heav'n , when at th ' assembly , and in sight Of all the seraphim with thee combin'd In bold conspiracy against Heav'n's King , All on a sudden ...
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... hast made ? Which of ye will be mortal to redeem Mau's mortal crime , and just th ' unjust to ' save ? both [ fence . Be question'd and blasphem'd without de- To whom the Creator thus reply'd : O Son , in whom my soul hath chief delight ...
... hast made ? Which of ye will be mortal to redeem Mau's mortal crime , and just th ' unjust to ' save ? both [ fence . Be question'd and blasphem'd without de- To whom the Creator thus reply'd : O Son , in whom my soul hath chief delight ...
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... hast been found By merit more than birthright Son of God , Found worthiest to be so by being good , Far more than great or high ; because in thee Love hatb abounded inore than glory abounds , Therefore thy humiliation shall exalt ...
... hast been found By merit more than birthright Son of God , Found worthiest to be so by being good , Far more than great or high ; because in thee Love hatb abounded inore than glory abounds , Therefore thy humiliation shall exalt ...
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... hast thou then or what to Are ever clear . Whereof he soon aware , Nay , curs'd be thou ; since against his thy will Deep malice to conceal , couch'd with revenge : So entertaiu'd those odorous sweets the Fiend Who came their. Drawn to ...
... hast thou then or what to Are ever clear . Whereof he soon aware , Nay , curs'd be thou ; since against his thy will Deep malice to conceal , couch'd with revenge : So entertaiu'd those odorous sweets the Fiend Who came their. Drawn to ...
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Page 4 - They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd, Innumerable.
Page 3 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Page 20 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 34 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 34 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 9 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 65 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 4 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 90 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 66 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...