Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 - Plagiarism |
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... flood on those From whom it fprung , impoffible to mix With blessedness . Whence Adam foon repeal'd The doubts that in his heart arose : and now Led on , yet finlefs , with defire to know What nearer might concern him , how this world ...
... flood on those From whom it fprung , impoffible to mix With blessedness . Whence Adam foon repeal'd The doubts that in his heart arose : and now Led on , yet finlefs , with defire to know What nearer might concern him , how this world ...
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... flood . Kennet's Life of Dionyfius . Richardfon . The thought of the golden compaffes is conceived altogether in Homer's fpirit , and is a very noble incident in this wonderful defcription . Ho- mer , when he speaks of the Gods ...
... flood . Kennet's Life of Dionyfius . Richardfon . The thought of the golden compaffes is conceived altogether in Homer's fpirit , and is a very noble incident in this wonderful defcription . Ho- mer , when he speaks of the Gods ...
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... floods of rain , that not only rivers , cernable , as well as undemonftrable , but feas may be imaginable above , is quite confounded . as appeared when the cataracts came down in a deluge , and the flood gates of Heaven were open'd ...
... floods of rain , that not only rivers , cernable , as well as undemonftrable , but feas may be imaginable above , is quite confounded . as appeared when the cataracts came down in a deluge , and the flood gates of Heaven were open'd ...
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... floods : as armies at the call Of trumpet ( for of armies thou haft heard ) ... Troop to their ftandard , fo the watry throng , Wave rolling after wave , where way they found , 295 If have bursting with kindly rupture . But we may ...
... floods : as armies at the call Of trumpet ( for of armies thou haft heard ) ... Troop to their ftandard , fo the watry throng , Wave rolling after wave , where way they found , 295 If have bursting with kindly rupture . But we may ...
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... flood the original fo well as Milton did . Pearce . 323. But of the tree & c . ] This being the great hinge on which the whole poem turns , Milton has mark'd it ftrongly . But of the tree- Re- member what I warn thee he dwells ...
... flood the original fo well as Milton did . Pearce . 323. But of the tree & c . ] This being the great hinge on which the whole poem turns , Milton has mark'd it ftrongly . But of the tree- Re- member what I warn thee he dwells ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Adam's Addifon Æneid againſt Alcinous alfo anſwer beaft beauty becauſe Bentley beſt call'd cloud creatures death defcend defcrib'd defcribed defcription defire divine earth expreffion fafe faid fall'n Angel fame fays fecond feems fenfe fentence ferpent feven feveral fhall fhould fignifies fince firft firſt fleep fome fons foon fpeaking fpeech fruit ftars ftill fubject fuch fuppofe hath heav'nly Heaven Hell himſelf Hume Iliad inftances juft laft lefs likewife loft Lord Milton moft moſt muſt night numbers obferved Ophion Ovid paffage paffion Paradife Pearce perfon pleaſure poem poet pow'r reafon reft reply'd reprefented Richardfon rifing Satan Scripture ſeems ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtars thee thefe themſelves thence theſe things thofe thoſe thou Thyer tree uſed verb verfe verſe Vide viii Virg Virgil weft whofe whoſe word
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Page 9 - 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 431 - ... observe His providence; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Page 149 - O Woman ! best are all things as the will Of God ordain'd them; his creating hand Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created: much less man, Or aught that might his happy state secure, Secure from outward force; within himself The danger lies, yet lies within his power: Against his will, he can receive no harm...
Page 429 - So shall the World go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign, Under her own weight groaning, till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked...
Page 283 - Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fix'd on this day? Why do I overlive? Why am I mock'd with death, and...
Page 100 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up, in her contain'd And in her looks ; which from that time infus'd Sweetness into my heart, unfelt before, And into all things from her air inspir'd The spirit of love and amorous delight.
Page 32 - 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 49 - As from his lair, the wild beast, where he wons In forest wild, in thicket, brake, or den ; Among the trees in pairs they rose, they...
Page 200 - Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin...
Page 434 - 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.