Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve BooksA. Donalson, and fold at his shop, 1772 - 323 pages |
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... should find , O'er which lame faith leads understanding blind ; Left he perplex'd the things he would explain , And what was eafy he thould render vain . Or if a work fo infinite he spann'd , Jealous I was that fome lefs ( kilful hand ...
... should find , O'er which lame faith leads understanding blind ; Left he perplex'd the things he would explain , And what was eafy he thould render vain . Or if a work fo infinite he spann'd , Jealous I was that fome lefs ( kilful hand ...
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... Should favour equal to the fons of heaven : Thither , if but to pry , fhall be perhaps Our first eruption , thither cr elsewhere : E 3 6555 For For this infernal pit fhall never hold Celestial fpirits in Book I. 21 PARADISE LOST .
... Should favour equal to the fons of heaven : Thither , if but to pry , fhall be perhaps Our first eruption , thither cr elsewhere : E 3 6555 For For this infernal pit fhall never hold Celestial fpirits in Book I. 21 PARADISE LOST .
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... ring hour Calls us to penance ? More deftroy'd than thus , We should be quite abolish'd and expire . What fear we then ? what doubt we to incenfe 90 95 His utmost ire ? which , to the height His Book II . 29 PARADISE LOST 6d ...
... ring hour Calls us to penance ? More deftroy'd than thus , We should be quite abolish'd and expire . What fear we then ? what doubt we to incenfe 90 95 His utmost ire ? which , to the height His Book II . 29 PARADISE LOST 6d ...
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... Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right - hand to plague us ? what if all Her ftores were open'd , and this firmament Of hell fhould ' fpout her cataracts of fire , Impendent horrors , threat'ning hideous falls One day upon ...
... Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right - hand to plague us ? what if all Her ftores were open'd , and this firmament Of hell fhould ' fpout her cataracts of fire , Impendent horrors , threat'ning hideous falls One day upon ...
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... Should prove a bitter morfel , and his bane , Whenever that fhall be ; fo fate pronounc'd . But thou , O father , I forewarn thee , shun His deadly arrow ; neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright arms , 805 810 Tho ...
... Should prove a bitter morfel , and his bane , Whenever that fhall be ; fo fate pronounc'd . But thou , O father , I forewarn thee , shun His deadly arrow ; neither vainly hope To be invulnerable in those bright arms , 805 810 Tho ...
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Adam afcend againſt alfo angel appear'd beft behold beſt blifs call'd caufe cherubim darkneſs death defcend defire delight divine earth elfe erft eternal evil eyes facred fafe faid fair fame Father fays feat fecond feek feem'd feems feen fent ferpent feven fhade fhall fhape fhould fide fight fign fince fire firft firſt fleep fome fong fons foon foul fpake fpirits fruit ftate ftill ftood fuch fweet glory hath heav'n heav'nly hell himſelf hoft juſt King laft laſt leaſt lefs light live loft Milton moft moſt muft muſt night o'er Paradife pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent profe publiſhed rais'd reafon reft reply'd return'd rife rofe Satan ſhall ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood tafte thee thefe thence theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thro throne tree turn'd vex'd whofe whoſe wings worfe