Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. According to the Author's Last Edition, in the Year 1674W. and W. Smith, P. Wilson, and T. Ewing, 1767 - 348 pages |
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Page 12
... erft in heaven fat on thrones ; Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and raz'd By their rebellion , from the books of life . Nor had they yet among the sons of Eve Got them new names , till wandring ...
... erft in heaven fat on thrones ; Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and raz'd By their rebellion , from the books of life . Nor had they yet among the sons of Eve Got them new names , till wandring ...
Page 42
... erft they fear'd And fo refus'd might in opinion stand His rivals , winning cheap the high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn . Dreaded not more the adventure than his voice Forbidding ; and at once with him they rofe ; Their ...
... erft they fear'd And fo refus'd might in opinion stand His rivals , winning cheap the high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn . Dreaded not more the adventure than his voice Forbidding ; and at once with him they rofe ; Their ...
Page 160
... erft was thickest fight , th'angelic throng , And left large field , unfafe within the wind Of fuch commotion , such as to fet forth Great things by small , if natures concord broke , Among the constellations war were sprung , Two ...
... erft was thickest fight , th'angelic throng , And left large field , unfafe within the wind Of fuch commotion , such as to fet forth Great things by small , if natures concord broke , Among the constellations war were sprung , Two ...
Page 228
... erft contended With gods to fit the highest , am now constrain'd Into a beaft , and mixt with bestial slime , This effence to incarnate and imbrute , That to the highth of deitie afpir'd ; But what will not ambition and revenge Defcend ...
... erft contended With gods to fit the highest , am now constrain'd Into a beaft , and mixt with bestial slime , This effence to incarnate and imbrute , That to the highth of deitie afpir'd ; But what will not ambition and revenge Defcend ...
Page 251
... erft , dilated fpirits , ampler heart , And growing up to godhead ; which for thee Chiefly I fought , without thee can despise : For blifs , as thou hast part , to me is bliss , Tedious , unshar'd with thee , and odious foon , Thou ...
... erft , dilated fpirits , ampler heart , And growing up to godhead ; which for thee Chiefly I fought , without thee can despise : For blifs , as thou hast part , to me is bliss , Tedious , unshar'd with thee , and odious foon , Thou ...
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Adam Ægypt againſt alſo angels arm'd beaſt behold beſt blifs call'd cauſe cherubim cloud darkneſs death deep defcend defire divine earth eaſe elfe erft evil eyes faid fair feat feem'd ferpent fhall fide fight fince fire firft firſt fome foon foul fpake fruit ftill fuch gate glory hath heav'n heav'nly hell higheſt highth hill himſelf hoft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs leſs light loft moſt muſt night o're Paradife paſs paſt pleas'd pleaſant pleaſure praiſe puniſhment rais'd reaſon reft repli'd reſt return'd rife rofe Satan ſeems ſhade ſhall ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhould ſome ſon ſpake ſpirit ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtrength ſuch ſweet tafte taſte thee thefe themſelves thence theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand throne tree turn'd wandring whofe whoſe wings wiſdom worfe worſe
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Page 124 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 88 - Ah, wherefore! he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none; nor was his service hard.
Page 121 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 251 - Matter of scorn, not to be given the foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our state cannot be sever'd, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
Page 44 - Typhoean rage more fell, Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind ; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Page 7 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 32 - Devoid of sense and motion? And who knows, Let this be good, whether our angry foe Can give it, or will ever? How he can Is doubtful; that he never will is sure.
Page 147 - Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 208 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent: Tell me how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Page 25 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.