The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1at the Clarendon Press., 1731 |
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... most excellent perfor- mances ! About two years after , together An . Etat . 63 . with SAMSON AGONISTES ( a Tra- 9 --- gedy not unworthy the Grecian Stage when Athens was in her glory ) he publish'd PARADISE REGAIN'D . But , Oh ! what a ...
... most excellent perfor- mances ! About two years after , together An . Etat . 63 . with SAMSON AGONISTES ( a Tra- 9 --- gedy not unworthy the Grecian Stage when Athens was in her glory ) he publish'd PARADISE REGAIN'D . But , Oh ! what a ...
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... most part worse ) than elfe they would have expreft them . Not without cause therefore fome ( both ITALIAN and SPANISH ) Poets of prime note have rejected Rhyme , both in longer and fhorter works ; as have alfo long fince our beft ...
... most part worse ) than elfe they would have expreft them . Not without cause therefore fome ( both ITALIAN and SPANISH ) Poets of prime note have rejected Rhyme , both in longer and fhorter works ; as have alfo long fince our beft ...
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... most , and seem to caft Ominous conjecture on the whole fuccefs ; When he who moft excels in fact of arms , In what he counfels , and in what excels , Miftruftful , grounds his courage on defpair , And utter diffolution , as the scope ...
... most , and seem to caft Ominous conjecture on the whole fuccefs ; When he who moft excels in fact of arms , In what he counfels , and in what excels , Miftruftful , grounds his courage on defpair , And utter diffolution , as the scope ...
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... most averfe , thee chiefly , who full oft ( Thy felf in me thy perfect image viewing ) Becam'ft inamor'd , and fuch joy thou took'ft With me in fecret , that my womb conceiv'd A growing burthen . Mean while war arofe , And fields were ...
... most averfe , thee chiefly , who full oft ( Thy felf in me thy perfect image viewing ) Becam'ft inamor'd , and fuch joy thou took'ft With me in fecret , that my womb conceiv'd A growing burthen . Mean while war arofe , And fields were ...
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... most adhere , 910 915 He rules a moment ; CHAOS umpire fits , And by decifion more embroils the fray By which he reigns : next him high arbiter CHANCE governs all . Into this wild abyfs , ( The womb of Nature , and perhaps her grave ...
... most adhere , 910 915 He rules a moment ; CHAOS umpire fits , And by decifion more embroils the fray By which he reigns : next him high arbiter CHANCE governs all . Into this wild abyfs , ( The womb of Nature , and perhaps her grave ...
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