Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Last Edition. The Author John MiltonGaneau, 1754 - Fall of man |
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... in his favor , that his zeal , diftemper'd and furious as it was , does not appear to have been infpirited by felf - interefted views ? For it is affirm'd > that though He liv'd always in a frugal retirement , Mr. JOHN MILTON .
... in his favor , that his zeal , diftemper'd and furious as it was , does not appear to have been infpirited by felf - interefted views ? For it is affirm'd > that though He liv'd always in a frugal retirement , Mr. JOHN MILTON .
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... felf their shrines , Abominations ! and with curfed things His holy rites and folemn feafts profan'd , And with their darkness durft affront his light . First Moloch , horrid King , befmear'd with blood Of human facrifice , and parents ...
... felf their shrines , Abominations ! and with curfed things His holy rites and folemn feafts profan'd , And with their darkness durft affront his light . First Moloch , horrid King , befmear'd with blood Of human facrifice , and parents ...
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... felf with fpirits of heav'n , Hell - doom'd ! and breath'ft defiance here and fcorn , Where I reign King , and to enrage thee more , Thy King , and Lord ? Back to thy punishment , Falfe fugitive ! and to thy speed add wings ; E 4 Book ...
... felf with fpirits of heav'n , Hell - doom'd ! and breath'ft defiance here and fcorn , Where I reign King , and to enrage thee more , Thy King , and Lord ? Back to thy punishment , Falfe fugitive ! and to thy speed add wings ; E 4 Book ...
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... felf in me thy perfect image viewing ) Becam'ft inamor'd , and fuch joy thou took'st With me in fecret , that my womb conceiv'd A growing burthen . Mean while war arofe , And fields were fought in heav'n ; wherein remain'd ( For what ...
... felf in me thy perfect image viewing ) Becam'ft inamor'd , and fuch joy thou took'st With me in fecret , that my womb conceiv'd A growing burthen . Mean while war arofe , And fields were fought in heav'n ; wherein remain'd ( For what ...
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... felf expofe , with lonely steps to tread Th ' unfounded Deep , and through the void im- menfe To fearch with wandring queft a place foretold Should be , and , by concurring figns , e'er - now Created , vaft and round ; a place of blifs ...
... felf expofe , with lonely steps to tread Th ' unfounded Deep , and through the void im- menfe To fearch with wandring queft a place foretold Should be , and , by concurring figns , e'er - now Created , vaft and round ; a place of blifs ...
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Adam againſt Angels appear'd arm'd battel beft behold blifs burning lake call'd cauſe cœleftial creatures darkneſs deep defire delight divine e'er earth elfe erft eternal ev'ning evil eyes fafe faid fair Fair Angel feat feek feem'd feems fenfe ferpent fide fight filent fince fire firft firſt fleep flow'rs fome fons foon foul fpake fpirits fruit ftand ftate ftill ftood ftrength fuch fweet glory happy hath heav'n heav'nly hell higheſt himſelf hoft JOHN MILTON juft laft lefs light loft meaſure muſt night o'er pain Paradife PARADISE LOST pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent rais'd reafon reft reply'd return'd rife rofe round Satan ſeem ſpake ſtars ſtate ſtood ſuch ſweet tafte taſte thee thefe thence theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thro throne thy felf tree turn'd vex'd whofe whoſe wings worfe worſe
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Page 38 - Devoid of sense and motion? And who knows, Let this be good, whether our angry foe Can give it, or will ever? How he can Is doubtful; that he never will is sure.
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Page 73 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 7 - He with his thunder: and till then who knew The force of those dire arms? yet not for those, Nor what the potent victor in his rage Can else inflict, do I repent or change, Though changed in outward lustre; that fixed mind And high disdain, from sense of injured merit...
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Page 29 - Nor was his name unheard or unador'd In ancient Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men call'd him Mulciber ; and how he fell From Heav'n they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos th...