The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton, Volume 1W. Baxter, 1824 |
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... nights , he " tried ; not one verse could he " make ; at other times flowed 66 easy his unpremidated verse , " with a certain impetus and " œstro , as himself seemed to " believe . Then , at what hour " soever , he rung for his daugh ...
... nights , he " tried ; not one verse could he " make ; at other times flowed 66 easy his unpremidated verse , " with a certain impetus and " œstro , as himself seemed to " believe . Then , at what hour " soever , he rung for his daugh ...
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... night were increased by subse- quent contributions to £ 130 . which Dr. Johnson and others say Mrs. Foster received ; and with this little addition to their fortunes , she and her husband removed to Islington , where they both soon died ...
... night were increased by subse- quent contributions to £ 130 . which Dr. Johnson and others say Mrs. Foster received ; and with this little addition to their fortunes , she and her husband removed to Islington , where they both soon died ...
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... night , And saith that on a day hapning in the month of July last , the time more certainly she remembereth not , this deponent being then in the deceased's lodging chamber , hee the said deceased , and the party producent in this cause ...
... night , And saith that on a day hapning in the month of July last , the time more certainly she remembereth not , this deponent being then in the deceased's lodging chamber , hee the said deceased , and the party producent in this cause ...
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... night 50 To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded though immortal : but his doom Reserv'd him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments ...
... night 50 To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded though immortal : but his doom Reserv'd him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments ...
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... night - founder'd skiff ] Some little boat , whose pilot dares not proceed in his course for fear of the dark night ; a metaphor taken from a foundered horse that can go no farther . Hume . 205 Dr. Bentley reads nigh - foun- der'd ; but ...
... night - founder'd skiff ] Some little boat , whose pilot dares not proceed in his course for fear of the dark night ; a metaphor taken from a foundered horse that can go no farther . Hume . 205 Dr. Bentley reads nigh - foun- der'd ; but ...
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Page 213 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 2 - Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support ; That, to the height of this great argument, I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 7 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 6 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 19 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream: Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 251 - Unargued I obey: So God ordains: God is thy law, thou mine: To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
Page 146 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 113 - And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast With horrid strides; Hell trembled as he strode.
Page 151 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 127 - Their lighter wings. To whom these most adhere He rules a moment : Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he reigns : next him, high arbiter, Chance governs all.