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" Fallen cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering; but of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. "
Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Last Edition. The Author John Milton - Page 9
by John Milton - 1754
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...replied. Fallen cherub ! to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering : but of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, • As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...Arch-fiend reply'd. Fall'n Cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering : but of this be sure, To do ought good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight ; ifio As being the contrary to his high will, Whom we resist. If then his providence...
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Oeuvres de Delille, Volume 5

Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...Arch-fiend replied.. « Fall'n Cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering : but of this be sure, To do ought good never will be our task; But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...replied : * Fall'n Cherub , to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering; but of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, 160 As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out...
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A Popular View of Atheism

James Davies (independent minister of Haverhill.) - 1835 - 148 pages
...destroyers. Were they honestly to express the secrets of their bosoms, it would be thus : — To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist.'2 , b. il. v.43. ' Paradise Lost,...
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The Proscribed German Student: Being a Sketch of Some Interesting Incidents ...

Ludwig Clausing - 1836 - 260 pages
...were under the influence of those who might say of themselves— " ***** of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task; But ever to do ill our sole delight: As being the contrary to his hfgh will Whom we resist. If then his providence, Out of...
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Œuvres complètes, Volume 35

François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...:— "Fallen cherub , to be weak is miserable , Doing or suffering : but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight ; As being the contrary to his high will , Whom we resist. If then his providence Out...
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Isabella degli Aldobrandi, tragedia

Guido Sorelli - 1838 - 188 pages
...Again the speech,— Fallen cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering : but of this be sure, To do ought good never will be our task ; But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist, is not only beautiful, but something...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...arch-fiend reply'd. Fall'n cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering : but of this be sure, To do ought good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, wo As being the contrary to his high will, Whom we resist. If then his providence Out...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

1840 - 372 pages
...replied, " Fall'n cherub, to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering ; but of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of...
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