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" Ransacked the Centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid. "
Letters, by Several Eminent Persons Deceased: Including the Correspondence ... - Page 71
by John Duncombe, John Hughes - 1773
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The History of the Works of the Learned ..., Volume 7

Bibliography - 1740 - 480 pages
...In Vifion beatific: by him fir ft " Men a\fo,and by bis Suggeftion taught, *e Ranlack'd the Center, and- with impious " Hands " Rifled the bowels of their Mother Earth " For Treafures better hid . ' '• , Dr. Bentley fays, " the Poet affigns as two Caufes him and his Suggeftion : Is it not one...
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Paradise lost, a poem. 2nd Scots ed

John Milton - 1746 - 464 pages
...or holy elfe, enjoy 'd In vifion beatific : by him firft Men alfo, and by his fuggcftion taught, 6Sy Ranfack'd the centre, and with impious hands Rifled...bowels of their mother earth, For treafures better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a fpacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold. (Let none admire...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1746 - 260 pages
...or holy elfe, enjoy'd In vifion beatific : by him firft Men alfo, and by his fuggeftion taught, 685 Ranfack'd the centre, and with impious hands Rifled...bowels of their mother earth For treafures better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a fpacious wound , C a6 PARADISELOST. Book i. And dig'd out...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Volume 1

John Milton - 1750 - 666 pages
...^eaufes'Ai* ii,' ha will corn nit to jmar truj; tie and its fuggeflion, which .axe ore Raniack'd the center, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Opcn'd into the hill a fpacious wound, And digg'd out ribs...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Last Edition. The Author John Milton

John Milton - Fall of man - 1754 - 342 pages
...pavement , trodden gold , Than ought divine or holy elfe , enjoy'd 1I vifion beatific : by him firft Men alfo,, and by his fuggeftion taught, Ranfack'd...bowels of their mother earth For treafures better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a fpacious wound , And dig'd out ribs of gold. ( Let none admire...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. From the ...

John Milton - Epic poetry, English - 1759 - 608 pages
...vifion beatific: by him firft Men alfo, and by his fuggeftion taught, 685 Ranfack'd the center; and,with impious hands, Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treafures better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a fpacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold. Let none admire...
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Milton's Paradise lost, a poem. With prefatory characters of the several ...

John Milton - 1767 - 448 pages
...or holy elfe enjoy'd In vifion beatific : by him firft Men alfo, and by his fuggeftion taught, 685 Ranfack'd the centre, and with impious hands Rifled...bowels of their mother earth For treafures better hid. Soon had his crew Open'd into the hill a fpacious wound, And digg'd out ribs of gold. Let none admire...
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SEVERAL HANDS - 1773 - 620 pages
...taught men to value ¿old : • • By him firft Men «Ifo, and by 'his fuggeftion taught, R.infack'd the centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For treasures better hid I am, &c. . W. HIRST/ How complicated * was the lofs which this country fiiftained...
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The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 48

Books - 1773 - 614 pages
...rich foil j for be, according to Milton, firft taught men to value gold : • By him firft Men all"', and by his fuggeftion taught, Ranfack'd the centre, and with impious hands Riied the bowels of tkeir mother earth For treafarcs better hid lam, &c. W. HIRST.' Hnw coai plicated...
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Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...In vifion beatific : by him fir ft Men alfo, and by his luggeftion taught, 68y Ranfack'd the center, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth . . For treasures better hid. Soon had his crew Opsn'd into the hill a fpacious wound, Ar-d digg'd out ribs...
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