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History of English literature, tr. by H. van Laun - Page 451
by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871
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The poetical works of John Milton, with a memoir by J. Montgomery, Volume 1

John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...Stygian flood, As gods, and by their own recover'd strength, Not by the sufferance of supernal power. " Is this the region, this the soil, the clime ?" Said...that celestial light ? Be it so, since he, Who now is Sovereign, can dispose and bid What shall be right: farthest from him is best, Whom reason hath equall'd,...
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Lectures on the English Comic Writers

William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 510 pages
...same decided superiority of character. To give only one instance, almost the first speech he makes : " Is this the region, this the soil, the clime, Said...Heaven ; this mournful gloom For that celestial light 7 Be it so, since he Who now is sov'rain can dispose and bid What shall be right : farthest from him...
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The Reader's Guide: Containing a Notice of the Elementary Sounds in the ...

John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...feas*ts my soul hateth. They are a trouble* unto me. I am weary to bear them. Ha ! who comes here ? Is this the region*, this the soil, the clim*e, Said...— this mournful gloom, For that celestial light ! They come ! they come ! the Greek ! the Greek ! Be astonished*, 0 ye heavens*, at this, and be horribly*...
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Lectures on the English Comic Writers

William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 512 pages
...character. To give only one instance, almost the first speech he makes: " Is this the region, this the roil, the clime, Said then the lost archangel, this the...That we must change for Heaven; this mournful gloom Vor that celestial light 1 Be it so, since he JVho now is sov'rain can dispose and bid What shall be...
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The Patrician, Volume 5

John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1848 - 636 pages
...more terribly demonstrate the desperate determination of the devil than the following famous lines:— Is this the region, this the soil, the clime, Said...lost Archangel, this the seat That we must change for heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so, since he Who now is Sovran can dispose...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Writings of T. Noon Talfourd

Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1846 - 362 pages
...archangel, " this the seat That we must change for heaven 1 Ihismournful gloom For that celestial light f Be it so, since he, Who now is Sovran, can dispose...bid What shall be right ; farthest from him is best, lfrkomrtaton hath squall' d, force hath made supreme •*«« kit ejiuli. Farewell, happy fields, Where...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Writings

Thomas Noon Talfourd - English literature - 1846 - 350 pages
...self-reliance of the archangelic sufferer ! "Is this the region ? this the toil, the clime ?" Bald then the lost archangel, " this the seat That we must...heaven ? this mournful gloom For that celestial light 1 Be it so, since he, Who DOW is Sovran, can dispose and bld What shall be right; farthest from him...
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The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments

John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...flood, As gods, and by their own recover'd strength, 240 Not by the sufferance of supernal Power. " Is this the region ? this the soil ? the clime, (Said...gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so, since he, 2-15 Who now is Sovereign, can dispose and bid What shall be right : farthest from him is best, Whom...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Writings

Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1848 - 358 pages
...sufferer ! " Is this the region ? this the soil, the clime V Said then the lost archangel, "this the seal That we must change for heaven ? this mournful gloom...it so, since he, Who now is Sovran, can dispose and hid What shall be right ; farthest from him is bett, Ifkom reason hulk eqvall'd.. farre hath modi ntprsmc...
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Critical and Miscellaneous Writings: With Additional Articles Never Before ...

Sir James Stephen, Thomas Noon Talfourd - English essays - 1848 - 356 pages
...archangel, "this the seal Thai we must change for heaven I thismournful gloom For that celestial light I Be it so, since he, Who now Is Sovran, can dispose...bid What shall be right ; farthest from him is best, rfhom reason hatk equal? d. force katk made supreme .«wet kit equals. Farewell, happy Beide, Where...
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