Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volume 2J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
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... better apply'd , as now his fubject leads him from Heaven to Earth . The word Urania in Greek fignifies heav'nly ; and he invokes the beav'nly Mufe as he had done before , I. 6. and as he had faid in the beginning that he intended to ...
... better apply'd , as now his fubject leads him from Heaven to Earth . The word Urania in Greek fignifies heav'nly ; and he invokes the beav'nly Mufe as he had done before , I. 6. and as he had faid in the beginning that he intended to ...
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... better than thy temp'ring . Thyer . tain flow'd , & c . ] From Prov . VIII . 24 , 25 , 30. When there were no depths , I was brought forth ; when there were no fountains abounding with water : Before the mountains were fettled , before ...
... better than thy temp'ring . Thyer . tain flow'd , & c . ] From Prov . VIII . 24 , 25 , 30. When there were no depths , I was brought forth ; when there were no fountains abounding with water : Before the mountains were fettled , before ...
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... better with the words of St. Luke , Glory to God in the bigbeft , and on earth peace , good will towards men . 186 .. to him Glory and praife . ] It may be worth remarking how he turns the words , ver . 184. Glory to him , & c . and ...
... better with the words of St. Luke , Glory to God in the bigbeft , and on earth peace , good will towards men . 186 .. to him Glory and praife . ] It may be worth remarking how he turns the words , ver . 184. Glory to him , & c . and ...
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... better race to bring Into their vacant room , and thence diffufe His good to worlds and ages infinite . 185 So fang the Hierarchies : Mean while the Son On his great expedition now appear'd , Girt with omnipotence , with radiance crown ...
... better race to bring Into their vacant room , and thence diffufe His good to worlds and ages infinite . 185 So fang the Hierarchies : Mean while the Son On his great expedition now appear'd , Girt with omnipotence , with radiance crown ...
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... better to say of the fea , Up from the bottom ' turn'd in furging waves , than Up from the bottom turn'd by furging waves . 20 215. and with the center mix the pole Tis certain that in Chaos was neither center nor pole ; fo neither were ...
... better to say of the fea , Up from the bottom ' turn'd in furging waves , than Up from the bottom turn'd by furging waves . 20 215. and with the center mix the pole Tis certain that in Chaos was neither center nor pole ; fo neither were ...
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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 431 - ... observe His providence; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Page 149 - O Woman ! best are all things as the will Of God ordain'd them; his creating hand Nothing imperfect or deficient left Of all that he created: much less man, Or aught that might his happy state secure, Secure from outward force; within himself The danger lies, yet lies within his power: Against his will, he can receive no harm...
Page 429 - So shall the World go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign, Under her own weight groaning, till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked...
Page 283 - Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fix'd on this day? Why do I overlive? Why am I mock'd with death, and...
Page 100 - Man-like, but different sex ; so lovely fair, That what seem'd fair in all the world, seem'd now Mean, or in her summ'd up, in her contain'd And in her looks ; which from that time infus'd Sweetness into my heart, unfelt before, And into all things from her air inspir'd The spirit of love and amorous delight.
Page 32 - 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 49 - As from his lair, the wild beast, where he wons In forest wild, in thicket, brake, or den ; Among the trees in pairs they rose, they...
Page 200 - Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin...
Page 434 - 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.