The Poetical Works of John Milton. To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorBooksellers, 1829 - 488 pages |
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... night studies in his youth , he was accustomed to retire early ( seldom later than nine ) to bed ; and rose generally at five in summer , and six in winter . When blindness pre- vented his taking other exercises , he had a machine to ...
... night studies in his youth , he was accustomed to retire early ( seldom later than nine ) to bed ; and rose generally at five in summer , and six in winter . When blindness pre- vented his taking other exercises , he had a machine to ...
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... penal fire ,. Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men , ke with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded 2 PARADISE LOST .
... penal fire ,. Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men , ke with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded 2 PARADISE LOST .
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... night - founder'd skiff Deeming some island , oft , as seamen tell , With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee , while night Invests the sea , and wished morn delays : So stretch'd out huge in length the arch ...
... night - founder'd skiff Deeming some island , oft , as seamen tell , With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee , while night Invests the sea , and wished morn delays : So stretch'd out huge in length the arch ...
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... night , and darken'd all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad angels seen , Hovering on wing under the cope of hell , " Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Fill at a signal given , the uplifted spear Of their great ...
... night , and darken'd all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad angels seen , Hovering on wing under the cope of hell , " Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Fill at a signal given , the uplifted spear Of their great ...
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... night , when he pass'd From Egypt marching , equall'd with one stroke- Both her first - born and all her bleating gods . Belial came last , than whom a spirit more lewd Fell not from heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to ...
... night , when he pass'd From Egypt marching , equall'd with one stroke- Both her first - born and all her bleating gods . Belial came last , than whom a spirit more lewd Fell not from heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to ...
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