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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... firft and the other the laft in the sentence , and thereby giving the greater force and emphafis to both ! And how nobly has he concluded the verfe with a fpondee or foot of two long fyllables , which is not a common measure in this ...
... firft and the other the laft in the sentence , and thereby giving the greater force and emphafis to both ! And how nobly has he concluded the verfe with a fpondee or foot of two long fyllables , which is not a common measure in this ...
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... Firft deign'd their golden compaffes . to turn ; They thro ' the deep chalk'd out our ample road , And broke the lawless empire of the flood . Kennet's Life of Dionyfius . Richardfon . The thought of the golden compaffes is conceived ...
... Firft deign'd their golden compaffes . to turn ; They thro ' the deep chalk'd out our ample road , And broke the lawless empire of the flood . Kennet's Life of Dionyfius . Richardfon . The thought of the golden compaffes is conceived ...
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... firft purg'd downward glob'd & c . ] Milton had faid Addison . center hung . 232. Thus God the Heaven created , & c ] The reader will natu- rally remark how exactly Milton copies Mofes in his account of the creation . This seventh book ...
... firft purg'd downward glob'd & c . ] Milton had faid Addison . center hung . 232. Thus God the Heaven created , & c ] The reader will natu- rally remark how exactly Milton copies Mofes in his account of the creation . This seventh book ...
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... firft Heaven , as he mentions the others in other places . 282 . God faid 280 Into Be gather'd now ye waters under Heaven Into one place , and let dry land ap- pear . ] This is again exactly copied from Mofes ; And God said , Let the ...
... firft Heaven , as he mentions the others in other places . 282 . God faid 280 Into Be gather'd now ye waters under Heaven Into one place , and let dry land ap- pear . ] This is again exactly copied from Mofes ; And God said , Let the ...
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... firft fram'd , and then the moon and fars , obferving this order of crea- tion , we fuppofe , according to the degrees of usefulness to men . The fun , he fays , was unlightfome firft ; and it is most probable , that the bodies of the ...
... firft fram'd , and then the moon and fars , obferving this order of crea- tion , we fuppofe , according to the degrees of usefulness to men . The fun , he fays , was unlightfome firft ; and it is most probable , that the bodies of the ...
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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...