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[ view , Say first , for Heav'n hides nothing from thy Nor the deep tract of hell , say first what cause Mov'd our grand parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heav'u so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his ...
[ view , Say first , for Heav'n hides nothing from thy Nor the deep tract of hell , say first what cause Mov'd our grand parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heav'u so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his ...
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With ever - burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal Justice hath prepar'd For those rebellious , here their prison ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion set As far remov'd from God and light of heav'n As from the center ...
With ever - burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal Justice hath prepar'd For those rebellious , here their prison ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion set As far remov'd from God and light of heav'n As from the center ...
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Is this the region , this the soil , the clime , Said then the lost Arch - Angel , this the seat That we must change for Heav'n , this mourn ful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so , since he Who now is Sov'rain can dispose and ...
Is this the region , this the soil , the clime , Said then the lost Arch - Angel , this the seat That we must change for Heav'n , this mourn ful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so , since he Who now is Sov'rain can dispose and ...
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Princes , Potentates , Warriors , the flow'r of heav'n , once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease ...
Princes , Potentates , Warriors , the flow'r of heav'n , once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease ...
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Belial came last , than whom a spirit more lewd Fell not from Heav'n , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to him no temple stood Or altar smok`d ; yet who more oft than be In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns Athiest ...
Belial came last , than whom a spirit more lewd Fell not from Heav'n , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to him no temple stood Or altar smok`d ; yet who more oft than be In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns Athiest ...
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Page 16 - Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 30 - They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale. She all night long her amorous descant sung: Silence was pleased.
Page 30 - With thee conversing, I forget all time; All seasons, and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of Morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 5 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, • — which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus, and of Ind ; Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings Barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 61 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 86 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Page 62 - What if the sun Be centre to the world ; and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...
Bibliographic information
| Title | La Belle Assemblée, Volume 1 History of women |
| Publisher | J. Bell, 1810 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Mar 2007 |
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