The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Memoir, and Critical Remarks on His Genius and Writings, Volume 1W. Kent & Company, 1859 - Bible |
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... wonder - working power of a sovereign intelligence , when under control , and doing without violence whatever it will , than when , rabid with rage , it falls , though in thunderbolts , from " the highest heaven of invention , " to the ...
... wonder - working power of a sovereign intelligence , when under control , and doing without violence whatever it will , than when , rabid with rage , it falls , though in thunderbolts , from " the highest heaven of invention , " to the ...
Page xli
... wonder'd , but not long Had leisure , wondering at himself now more ; His visage drawn he felt to sharp and spare ; His arms clung to his ribs ; his legs entwining Each other , till , supplanted , down he fell , A monstrous serpent on ...
... wonder'd , but not long Had leisure , wondering at himself now more ; His visage drawn he felt to sharp and spare ; His arms clung to his ribs ; his legs entwining Each other , till , supplanted , down he fell , A monstrous serpent on ...
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... wonder or delight beheld : Now , of my own accord , such other trial I mean to show you of my strength , yet greater , As with amaze shall strike all who behold . ' " Then follows the stupendous catastrophe , which is thus related ...
... wonder or delight beheld : Now , of my own accord , such other trial I mean to show you of my strength , yet greater , As with amaze shall strike all who behold . ' " Then follows the stupendous catastrophe , which is thus related ...
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... wonder , fallen such a pernicious height . " 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 ...
... wonder , fallen such a pernicious height . " 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 ...
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... signal given , Behold a wonder ! They , but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that pygmëan race Beyond the Indian 28 PARADISE LOST .
... signal given , Behold a wonder ! They , but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that pygmëan race Beyond the Indian 28 PARADISE LOST .
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