Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. The Sixth Edition. With Notes of Various Authors, by Thomas Newton, D.D. ...J. and R. Tonson, B. Dodd, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin [and 8 others in London], 1763 |
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... manner is , as he fays himfelf in the preface to his fecond book of the Reason of Church - government , that every one must give fome proof of his wit and reading there , and his produc- tions were received with written encomiums which ...
... manner is , as he fays himfelf in the preface to his fecond book of the Reason of Church - government , that every one must give fome proof of his wit and reading there , and his produc- tions were received with written encomiums which ...
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... manner inlarged his own knowledge ; and having the reading of fo many au- thors as it were by proxy , he might poffibly have preferved his fight , if he had not moreover been perpetually bufied in reading or writing fomething himself ...
... manner inlarged his own knowledge ; and having the reading of fo many au- thors as it were by proxy , he might poffibly have preferved his fight , if he had not moreover been perpetually bufied in reading or writing fomething himself ...
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... manner of life , ha- ving been accustomed to a houfe of much gaiety and company ; or whether being of a family strong- ly attached to the royal caufe , fhe could not bear her husband's republican principles ; or whether she was ...
... manner of life , ha- ving been accustomed to a houfe of much gaiety and company ; or whether being of a family strong- ly attached to the royal caufe , fhe could not bear her husband's republican principles ; or whether she was ...
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... the printer , who had frequently affirmed it to Dr. Gill and Dr. Bernard his phyficians , as they themselves have teftified . But Hills was not himself the the printer who was dealt with in this manner , XXX The LIFE of MILTON .
... the printer , who had frequently affirmed it to Dr. Gill and Dr. Bernard his phyficians , as they themselves have teftified . But Hills was not himself the the printer who was dealt with in this manner , XXX The LIFE of MILTON .
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... manner , and confequently he could have the ftory only from hear- fay : and tho ' he was Cromwell's printer , yet after- wards he turned papift in the reign of James II , in order to be that king's printer , and it was at that time that ...
... manner , and confequently he could have the ftory only from hear- fay : and tho ' he was Cromwell's printer , yet after- wards he turned papift in the reign of James II , in order to be that king's printer , and it was at that time that ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Addifon Æneid againſt alfo Angels battel beauty becauſe befides beft Belial Bentley call'd Cant darkneſs defcribed defcription earth expreffion exprefs Faery Queen faid fame fays fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments ferve feven feveral fhall fhort fhould fhows fide fight fignifies fince fire firft firſt fome fometimes fons foon fpeaking fpeech ftars ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fyllable glory hath Heaven Hell himſelf hoft Homer Hume Iliad inftance king laft Latin lefs likewife meaſure Milton moft Moloch moſt muft muſt night obferves occafion Ovid paffage Paradife Loft Pearce perfon poem poet pow'r prefent profe publiſhed radife reader reafon reft reprefented Richardfon rifing Satan ſhall Spenfer Spirits ſtood Taffo thee thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought throne Thyer tion tranflated uſed verfe Virg Virgil whofe whoſe word worfe
Beliebte Passagen
Seite vii - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more.
Seite 186 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Seite 414 - By none ; and if not equal all, yet free, Equally free ; for orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist.
Seite 31 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights — if it were land that ever...
Seite 256 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Seite 257 - 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.
Seite 146 - Whence and what art thou, execrable shape! That dar'st, though grim and terrible, advance Thy miscreated front athwart my way To yonder gates? through them I mean to pass, That be assured, without leave asked of thee: Retire, or taste thy folly; and learn by proof, Hell-born! not to contend with spirits of Heaven!
Seite 354 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Seite 79 - 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.
Seite 272 - Upon the rapid current, which, through veins Of porous earth with kindly thirst up-drawn, Rose a fresh fountain, and with many a rill Water'd the garden ; thence united fell Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears ; And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...