Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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Page 65
... length : before the cloudy van , On the rough edge of battle ere it join'd , Satan , with vast and haughty strides advanc'd , Came towering , arm'd in adamant and gold ; Abdiel that sight endur'd not , where he stood Among the mightiest ...
... length : before the cloudy van , On the rough edge of battle ere it join'd , Satan , with vast and haughty strides advanc'd , Came towering , arm'd in adamant and gold ; Abdiel that sight endur'd not , where he stood Among the mightiest ...
Page 74
... length and corpulence , involv'd Their snaky folds , and added wings . First crept The parsimonious emmet , provident Of future ; in small room large heart inclos'd ; Pattern of just equality perhaps Hereafter , join'd in her popular ...
... length and corpulence , involv'd Their snaky folds , and added wings . First crept The parsimonious emmet , provident Of future ; in small room large heart inclos'd ; Pattern of just equality perhaps Hereafter , join'd in her popular ...
Page 80
... length to eat ; she , pleased with the taste , deliberates a while whether to impart thereof to Adam or not ; at last brings him of the fruit ; relates what per- suaded her to eat thereof : Adam , at first amazed , but perceiving her ...
... length to eat ; she , pleased with the taste , deliberates a while whether to impart thereof to Adam or not ; at last brings him of the fruit ; relates what per- suaded her to eat thereof : Adam , at first amazed , but perceiving her ...
Page 84
... length The eye of Eve , to mark his play ; he , glad Of her attention gain'd , with serpent - tongue Organic , or impulse of vocal air , His fraudulent temptation thus began . " Wonder not , sovran mistress , if perhaps Thou canst who ...
... length The eye of Eve , to mark his play ; he , glad Of her attention gain'd , with serpent - tongue Organic , or impulse of vocal air , His fraudulent temptation thus began . " Wonder not , sovran mistress , if perhaps Thou canst who ...
Page 85
... length , ere long I might perceive Strange alteration in me , to degree Of reason in my inward powers ; and speech Wanted not long ; though to this shape retain'd . Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turn'd my thoughts , and ...
... length , ere long I might perceive Strange alteration in me , to degree Of reason in my inward powers ; and speech Wanted not long ; though to this shape retain'd . Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turn'd my thoughts , and ...
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