The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1at the Clarendon Press., 1731 |
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Page xii
... flights in the fpring : but one of his Nephews used to deliver it as MILTON's own obfervation , that his Invention was in its highest per- fection from September to the vernal Equinox : however it was , the great inequalities to be ...
... flights in the fpring : but one of his Nephews used to deliver it as MILTON's own obfervation , that his Invention was in its highest per- fection from September to the vernal Equinox : however it was , the great inequalities to be ...
Page xix
... flight doft foar aloft , With plume fo ftrong , fo equal , and fo foft ! The bird nam'd from that Paradise you fing So never flags , but always keeps on wing . Where could't thou words of fuch a compass find ! Whence furnifh fuch a vaft ...
... flight doft foar aloft , With plume fo ftrong , fo equal , and fo foft ! The bird nam'd from that Paradise you fing So never flags , but always keeps on wing . Where could't thou words of fuch a compass find ! Whence furnifh fuch a vaft ...
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... flight intends to foar Above th ' A o NIAN mount , while it perfues Things unattempted yet in profe or rhyme . 15 . And chiefly thou O SPIRIT , that doft prefer Before all temples th ' upright heart and pure , Inftruct me , for thou ...
... flight intends to foar Above th ' A o NIAN mount , while it perfues Things unattempted yet in profe or rhyme . 15 . And chiefly thou O SPIRIT , that doft prefer Before all temples th ' upright heart and pure , Inftruct me , for thou ...
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... flight 225 Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With folid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And fuch appear'd in hue , as when the force Of ...
... flight 225 Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With folid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And fuch appear'd in hue , as when the force Of ...
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... flight or foul retreat ; Nor wanting power to mitigate and fwage , With folemn touches , troubled thoughts , and chafe Anguth , and doubt , and fear , and forrow , and pain , From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they Breathing united ...
... flight or foul retreat ; Nor wanting power to mitigate and fwage , With folemn touches , troubled thoughts , and chafe Anguth , and doubt , and fear , and forrow , and pain , From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they Breathing united ...
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