Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper; and for S. Birt, C. Hitch, J. Hodges [and seven others in London], 1750 |
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... Speaking or mute all comeliness and Attends thee , and each word , each motion forms ; Nor less think we in Heav'n of thee on Earth Than of our fellow fervant , and inquire Gladly into the ways of God with Man : 225 For God we see hath ...
... Speaking or mute all comeliness and Attends thee , and each word , each motion forms ; Nor less think we in Heav'n of thee on Earth Than of our fellow fervant , and inquire Gladly into the ways of God with Man : 225 For God we see hath ...
Page 96
... speak . Haft thou not made me here thy fubftitute , And these inferior far beneath me fet ? Among unequals what society Can fort , what harmony or true delight ? Which must be mutual , in proportion due by inspiration , with fuch ...
... speak . Haft thou not made me here thy fubftitute , And these inferior far beneath me fet ? Among unequals what society Can fort , what harmony or true delight ? Which must be mutual , in proportion due by inspiration , with fuch ...
Page 97
... speak Such as I feek , fit to participate 390 All rational delight , wherein the brute Cannot be human confort ; they rejoice ; Each with their kind , lion with lioness So fitly them in pairs thou haft combin'd ; Much less can bird with ...
... speak Such as I feek , fit to participate 390 All rational delight , wherein the brute Cannot be human confort ; they rejoice ; Each with their kind , lion with lioness So fitly them in pairs thou haft combin'd ; Much less can bird with ...
Page 99
... all numbers abfolute , though one 423. His fingle imperfection , ] That is the imperfection of him fingle . A frequent way of speaking in Mil- ton . Pearce . G 2 440. Ex- Thus far to try thee , Adam , I was Book VIII . PARADISE LOST . 99.
... all numbers abfolute , though one 423. His fingle imperfection , ] That is the imperfection of him fingle . A frequent way of speaking in Mil- ton . Pearce . G 2 440. Ex- Thus far to try thee , Adam , I was Book VIII . PARADISE LOST . 99.
Page 118
... speaking ) only the word Parad . Reg . III . 127 . giving them good words , or withing Glory and benediction , that is them well . See Pial . CIX . 17. In Follow'd with valediction , loath to Pearce . part . thanks . Rickardfon . 652 ...
... speaking ) only the word Parad . Reg . III . 127 . giving them good words , or withing Glory and benediction , that is them well . See Pial . CIX . 17. In Follow'd with valediction , loath to Pearce . part . thanks . Rickardfon . 652 ...
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Page 30 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
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 67 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle,; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 26 - 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 432 - 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.
Page 93 - Be strong, live happy, and love ! But, first of all, Him, whom to love is to obey, and keep His great command...
Page 333 - Nor knowing us nor known; and if by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of Him who all things can, I would not cease To weary Him with my assiduous cries. But prayer against His absolute decree No more avails than breath against the wind, Blown stifling back on him that breathes it forth: Therefore to His great bidding I submit.
Page 435 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.
Page 23 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 334 - Stood visible, among these pines his voice I heard, here with him at this fountain talk'd...