Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from the Text of Tonson's Correct Edition of 1711. A New Edition, with Notes and the Life of the Author, in Three Volumes, by Thomas Newton, ...proprietors, 1795 |
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... King , son of Sir John King , Secretary of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth , King James I. and King Charles I. and was a fellow of Christ's College , and was so well beloved and esteemed at Cambridge , that some of the greatest names in ...
... King , son of Sir John King , Secretary of Ireland under Queen Elizabeth , King James I. and King Charles I. and was a fellow of Christ's College , and was so well beloved and esteemed at Cambridge , that some of the greatest names in ...
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... King , J. Beaumont , J. Cleaveland , with seve- ral others ; and judiciously the last of all as the best of all , is Milton's Lycidas . " On such sacrifices the Gods themselves strow incense ; " and one would almost wish so to have died ...
... King , J. Beaumont , J. Cleaveland , with seve- ral others ; and judiciously the last of all as the best of all , is Milton's Lycidas . " On such sacrifices the Gods themselves strow incense ; " and one would almost wish so to have died ...
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... king , after mine own recess from Venice . " I should think , that your best line will be thro * the whole length of France to Marseilles , and thence by sea to Genoa , whence the passage into Tuscany is as diurnal as a Gravesend barge ...
... king , after mine own recess from Venice . " I should think , that your best line will be thro * the whole length of France to Marseilles , and thence by sea to Genoa , whence the passage into Tuscany is as diurnal as a Gravesend barge ...
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... King and Parliament ; for he thought it unworthy of himself to be taking his pleasure abroad , while his countrymen were contending for liberty at home . He resolved therefore to return by the way of Rome , though he was advised to the ...
... King and Parliament ; for he thought it unworthy of himself to be taking his pleasure abroad , while his countrymen were contending for liberty at home . He resolved therefore to return by the way of Rome , though he was advised to the ...
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... King James I. This lady , being a woman of excellent wit and understanding , had a particular honour for our author , and took great delight in his conversation ; as likewise did her hus- band Captain Hobson , a very accomplished gentle ...
... King James I. This lady , being a woman of excellent wit and understanding , had a particular honour for our author , and took great delight in his conversation ; as likewise did her hus- band Captain Hobson , a very accomplished gentle ...
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Page 139 - Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heav'nly Muse...
Page 272 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 146 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 256 - Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range, by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 140 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the...
Page 253 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Page 188 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Page 170 - The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still, That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse.
Page 165 - Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 190 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.