Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books1816 |
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... in his head , but likewise occasioned that weakness in his eyes , which terminated in a total privation of sight . From a domestic education he was removed to 7 St. Paul's School , to complete his acquaintance with the THE ...
... in his head , but likewise occasioned that weakness in his eyes , which terminated in a total privation of sight . From a domestic education he was removed to 7 St. Paul's School , to complete his acquaintance with the THE ...
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... sight . In this melancholy condition , he was easily prevailed with to think of taking another wife ? who was Catharine , the daughter of Captain Woodcock , of Hackney ; and she too , in less than a year after their marriage , died in ...
... sight . In this melancholy condition , he was easily prevailed with to think of taking another wife ? who was Catharine , the daughter of Captain Woodcock , of Hackney ; and she too , in less than a year after their marriage , died in ...
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... sight ; and his imagination , ( naturally sublime and en- larged by reading romances , of which he was much enamoured in his youth ) when it was wholly abstracted from material objects , was more at liberty to make such amazing ...
... sight ; and his imagination , ( naturally sublime and en- larged by reading romances , of which he was much enamoured in his youth ) when it was wholly abstracted from material objects , was more at liberty to make such amazing ...
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... sight . Yet as I read , soon growing less severe , I lik'd his project , the success did fear ; Through that wide field how he his way should find , O'er which lame faith leads understanding blind , Lest he perplex'd the thing he would ...
... sight . Yet as I read , soon growing less severe , I lik'd his project , the success did fear ; Through that wide field how he his way should find , O'er which lame faith leads understanding blind , Lest he perplex'd the thing he would ...
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... sight . Well might'st thou scorn thy readers to allure With tinkling rhyme of thy own sense secure ; While the town - boy writes all the while and spells , And , like a pack horse , tires without his bells : Their fancies like our bushy ...
... sight . Well might'st thou scorn thy readers to allure With tinkling rhyme of thy own sense secure ; While the town - boy writes all the while and spells , And , like a pack horse , tires without his bells : Their fancies like our bushy ...
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Adam Almighty Angel answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire fix'd flow'rs form'd fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph serpent shalt sight soon spake Spi'rits Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings Zephon