Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper; and for S. Birt, C. Hitch, J. Hodges [and seven others in London], 1750 |
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Say Goddess , what enfued when Raphaël , The affable Arch - Angel , had forewarn'd ; ble him to foar to fuch highths , as no human genius ever reached before ? 31.- and fit audience find , though few . He had Horace in mind , Sat.
Say Goddess , what enfued when Raphaël , The affable Arch - Angel , had forewarn'd ; ble him to foar to fuch highths , as no human genius ever reached before ? 31.- and fit audience find , though few . He had Horace in mind , Sat.
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Milton , tho ' his own natural ftrength of genius was capable of furnishing out a perfect work , has doubtless very much raised and ennobled his conceptions , by fuch an imitation as that which Longinus has recommended .
Milton , tho ' his own natural ftrength of genius was capable of furnishing out a perfect work , has doubtless very much raised and ennobled his conceptions , by fuch an imitation as that which Longinus has recommended .
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And war fo near the peace of God in blifs With fuch confufion : but the evil foon Driv'n back redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprung , impoffible to mix With bleffedness . Whence Adam foon repeal'd The doubts that in his ...
And war fo near the peace of God in blifs With fuch confufion : but the evil foon Driv'n back redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprung , impoffible to mix With bleffedness . Whence Adam foon repeal'd The doubts that in his ...
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The following lines , in which he tells him , that the day is not too far spent for him to enter upon fuch a fubject , are exquisite in their kind . And the great light of day yet wants to ...
The following lines , in which he tells him , that the day is not too far spent for him to enter upon fuch a fubject , are exquisite in their kind . And the great light of day yet wants to ...
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... and this high temple to frequent With minifteries due and folemn rites : But left his heart exalt him in the harm Already done , to have difpeopled Heaven , My damage fondly deem'd , I can repair That detriment , if fuch it be to ...
... and this high temple to frequent With minifteries due and folemn rites : But left his heart exalt him in the harm Already done , to have difpeopled Heaven , My damage fondly deem'd , I can repair That detriment , if fuch it be to ...
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Page 38 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 11 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 83 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle,; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 34 - Into one place, and let dry land appear. Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds, their tops ascend the sky. So high as...
Page 450 - I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go, Is to stay here; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under Heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.
Page 119 - Be strong, live happy, and love ! But, first of all, Him, whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command...
Page 343 - Nor knowing us nor known; and if by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of Him who all things can, I would not cease To weary Him with my assiduous cries. But prayer against His absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind, Blown stifling back on him that breathes it forth: Therefore to His great bidding I submit.
Page 453 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.
Page 31 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 344 - Stood visible, among these pines his voice I heard, here with him at this fountain talk'd...
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| Title | Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Volume 2 Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Thomas Newton |
| Author | John Milton |
| Illustrated by | John Miller |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper; and for S. Birt, C. Hitch, J. Hodges [and seven others in London], 1750 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Aug 7, 2006 |
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