Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Correctly Printed from the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D.James Magee, 1772 - 332 pages |
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... first appearing of this POEM in the folio edition , which from thence has been fo well receiv- ed , that notwithstanding the price of it was four times greater than before , the fale increased double the number every year . The work is ...
... first appearing of this POEM in the folio edition , which from thence has been fo well receiv- ed , that notwithstanding the price of it was four times greater than before , the fale increased double the number every year . The work is ...
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... first of them was written by Man- fo , marquis of Villa , a great patron of Taffo , by whom he is celebrated in his I poem on the conquest of Jeru- falem . It is highly probable that to his converfation with this noble Neapolitan we owe ...
... first of them was written by Man- fo , marquis of Villa , a great patron of Taffo , by whom he is celebrated in his I poem on the conquest of Jeru- falem . It is highly probable that to his converfation with this noble Neapolitan we owe ...
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... first wife were then living ; the two elder of whom are said to have been very serviceable to him in his ftudies . For , having been inftructed to pronounce not only the modern , but also the Latin , Greek , and Hebrew , languages ...
... first wife were then living ; the two elder of whom are said to have been very serviceable to him in his ftudies . For , having been inftructed to pronounce not only the modern , but also the Latin , Greek , and Hebrew , languages ...
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... first in English , of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem , from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming . B3 PARADISE LOST . THE BOOK I. ARGUMENT . This first I xiii ] THE ...
... first in English , of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem , from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming . B3 PARADISE LOST . THE BOOK I. ARGUMENT . This first I xiii ] THE ...
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... first book proposes , firft in brief , the whole fub- jec , man's difobedience , and the lols thereupon of Paradife wherein he was placed : Then touches the prime caufe of his fall , the Serpent , or rather Satan in the Serpent ; who ...
... first book proposes , firft in brief , the whole fub- jec , man's difobedience , and the lols thereupon of Paradife wherein he was placed : Then touches the prime caufe of his fall , the Serpent , or rather Satan in the Serpent ; who ...
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Adam againſt alfo Angel appear'd arm'd beft behold beſt blifs bright call'd Cherubim cloud darkneſs death deep defcend defire delight divine dwell earth elfe eternal evil eyes fafe faid fair feat feek feem'd feems fhall fhape fhould fide fight fign fince fire firft firſt fleep fome fons foon foul fpake fruit ftand ftate ftill ftood fuch fweet gate glory happy hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell higheſt highth himſelf hoft juft laft laſt lefs light loft moſt muft muſt night o'er pain Paradife PARADISE LOST pleaſure pow'r praiſe rais'd reafon reft reply'd reſt return'd rife rofe round Satan ſhall Spirits ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſweet tafte taſte thee thefe themſelves thence theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thoughts throne tree turn'd univerfal vex'd whofe whoſe wings worfe worſe