The Spectator ..Peter Wilson, 1755 |
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... angel , who of late Made head against heav'n's King , tho ' overthrown . I faw and heard ; for fuch a num'rous hoft Fled not in filence through the frighted deep With ruin upon ruin , rout on rout , Confufion worse confounded ; and heav ...
... angel , who of late Made head against heav'n's King , tho ' overthrown . I faw and heard ; for fuch a num'rous hoft Fled not in filence through the frighted deep With ruin upon ruin , rout on rout , Confufion worse confounded ; and heav ...
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... angels is wrought up with the fame beauty . It is usher'd in with such signs of wrath as are fuitable to Omnipotence incenfed . The first engagement is carried on under a cope of fire , oc- cafioned by the flights of innumerable burning ...
... angels is wrought up with the fame beauty . It is usher'd in with such signs of wrath as are fuitable to Omnipotence incenfed . The first engagement is carried on under a cope of fire , oc- cafioned by the flights of innumerable burning ...
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... angels . It may , perhaps , be worth while to confider with what judgment Milton , in this narration , has avoided every thing that is mean and trivial in the descriptions of the Latin and Greek poets ; and at the same time improved ...
... angels . It may , perhaps , be worth while to confider with what judgment Milton , in this narration , has avoided every thing that is mean and trivial in the descriptions of the Latin and Greek poets ; and at the same time improved ...
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... angels , was given him , we are told , out of the armory of God . But the fword Of Michael from the armory of God Was giv'n him temper'd so , that neither keen Nor folid might resist that edge : It met The Sword of Satan , with steep ...
... angels , was given him , we are told , out of the armory of God . But the fword Of Michael from the armory of God Was giv'n him temper'd so , that neither keen Nor folid might resist that edge : It met The Sword of Satan , with steep ...
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... angels , are drawn from a fublime passage in the Pfalms . Go then , thou mightiest , in thy Father's might ! Afcend my chariot , guide the rapid wheels That shake heav'n's bafis ; bring forth all my war , My bow and thunder , my ...
... angels , are drawn from a fublime passage in the Pfalms . Go then , thou mightiest , in thy Father's might ! Afcend my chariot , guide the rapid wheels That shake heav'n's bafis ; bring forth all my war , My bow and thunder , my ...
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Adam Æneid agreeable alſo angels anſwer appear beautiful becauſe behaviour beſt buſineſs cauſe character chearfulness confider confideration converſation defire deſcribed deſcription deſign diſcourſe endeavour eſteem eyes faid fame fays feveral fince firſt parents fome foon fublime fuch gentleman give heav'n Homer honour houſe humble fervant imagination inſtances itſelf juſt lady laſt leſs live look mankind manner maſter Menippus Milton mind miſtreſs Mohocks moſt myſelf nature neſs never night obſerve occafion Ovid paffion particular paſſage paſſed paſſion perſon pleaſed pleaſure poem poet preſent raiſe reader reaſon repreſented reſpect riſe ſame ſays ſcene ſchool ſecond ſeems ſenſe ſentiments ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould Sir ROGER ſome ſpeak SPECTATOR ſpeculation ſpeech ſpirit ſtage ſtate ſtill ſtory ſubject ſuch ſurpriſe tell thee theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion uſe verſe Virg virtue whole whoſe