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... thoughts to which he had accustomed himself ; and his crime lay in having acquired a rebellious constitution , in having pursued action too much , and spurned worship and contemplation . Herein lay the difference between him and the ...
... thoughts to which he had accustomed himself ; and his crime lay in having acquired a rebellious constitution , in having pursued action too much , and spurned worship and contemplation . Herein lay the difference between him and the ...
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... thought better ; to the inferior Angels nothing could be mentioned that would appear better . Again , the inferior Angels , judging from narrower premises , might indulge in enthusiastic expectations which the greater knowledge of the ...
... thought better ; to the inferior Angels nothing could be mentioned that would appear better . Again , the inferior Angels , judging from narrower premises , might indulge in enthusiastic expectations which the greater knowledge of the ...
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... shook Heaven's whole circumference confirmed . Thither let us bend all our thoughts , and learn What creatures there inhabit , of what mould Or substance , how endued , and what their power LUTHER'S , MILTON'S , AND GOETHE'S . 27.
... shook Heaven's whole circumference confirmed . Thither let us bend all our thoughts , and learn What creatures there inhabit , of what mould Or substance , how endued , and what their power LUTHER'S , MILTON'S , AND GOETHE'S . 27.
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... thought on it the more did it recommend itself to him . was more feasible than any other . It held out an in- definite prospect of action . Success in it would be the addition of another fragment of the Universe to Satan's kingdom ...
... thought on it the more did it recommend itself to him . was more feasible than any other . It held out an in- definite prospect of action . Success in it would be the addition of another fragment of the Universe to Satan's kingdom ...
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... thought . Heaven's gate was in view . Overhead and round him were the quiet hills and the green fields . Oh , what an errand he had come upon ! His thoughts were sad and noble . Fallen as he was , all the Archangel stirred within him ...
... thought . Heaven's gate was in view . Overhead and round him were the quiet hills and the green fields . Oh , what an errand he had come upon ! His thoughts were sad and noble . Fallen as he was , all the Archangel stirred within him ...
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