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Page xv
... morning . Night coming on , Adam and Eve , difcourfe of going to thir reft : thir Bower defcrib'd ; thir Evening worship . Gabriel drawing forth his Bands of Night- watch to walk the round of Paradije , appoints two ARGUMENTS . XV Book.
... morning . Night coming on , Adam and Eve , difcourfe of going to thir reft : thir Bower defcrib'd ; thir Evening worship . Gabriel drawing forth his Bands of Night- watch to walk the round of Paradije , appoints two ARGUMENTS . XV Book.
Page xvi
... Morning Hymn at the Door of thir Bower . God to render Man inexcufable fends Raphael to admonish bim of his obedience , of his free eftate , of his enemy near at hand ; who he is , and why his enemy , and whatever else may avail Adam to ...
... Morning Hymn at the Door of thir Bower . God to render Man inexcufable fends Raphael to admonish bim of his obedience , of his free eftate , of his enemy near at hand ; who he is , and why his enemy , and whatever else may avail Adam to ...
Page xvii
... into the Serpent fleeping . Adam and Eve in the Morning go forth to thir labours , which Eve propofes to divide in feveral places , each labouring apart : Adam confents not , alledging the danger , left that ARGUMENTS . xvii Book Book Book.
... into the Serpent fleeping . Adam and Eve in the Morning go forth to thir labours , which Eve propofes to divide in feveral places , each labouring apart : Adam confents not , alledging the danger , left that ARGUMENTS . xvii Book Book Book.
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... Lee , while Night Invests the Sea , and wished Morn delayes : So ftretcht out huge in length the Arch - fiend lay Chain'd on the burning Lake , nor ever thence 210 Had ris'n or heav'd his head , but that the Book I. 9 PARADISE LOST .
... Lee , while Night Invests the Sea , and wished Morn delayes : So ftretcht out huge in length the Arch - fiend lay Chain'd on the burning Lake , nor ever thence 210 Had ris'n or heav'd his head , but that the Book I. 9 PARADISE LOST .
Page 26
... Morn To Noon he fell , from Noon to dewy Eve , A Summers day ; and with the setting Sun Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star , On Lemnos th ' Egaan Ile : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long before ...
... Morn To Noon he fell , from Noon to dewy Eve , A Summers day ; and with the setting Sun Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star , On Lemnos th ' Egaan Ile : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long before ...
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Adam againſt alſo Angels Battel Beaſt behold beſt call'd cauſe Celeſtial Cloud darkneſs Death defire Earth eaſe elſe erft evil eyes faid fair farr Father feek fhall fide fight fince firſt fleep fleſh fome foon fpake Fruit fuch giv'n glory Gods hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell higheſt highth himſelf Hoft juſt King laſt leaſt lefs leſs light loft Love moſt muſt Night o're Paradife paſt pleaſant pleaſure praiſe preſent puniſhment rais'd Reaſon reft repli'd reſt return'd rife Satan ſcarce ſee ſeek ſeemd ſeems ſeen ſelf Serpent ſerve ſhade ſhall ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhould Skie ſmall Son of God ſpake Spirits ſtand Starrs ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtrength ſuch ſweet taſte thee themſelves thence theſe things thir thoſe thou thoughts thouſand Throne thy felf Tree utmoſt vertue wandring Warr whofe whoſe wings wiſdom World worſe
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Page 183 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 176 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the muse defend Her son.
Page 64 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 88 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy Sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King!
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Page 68 - By sin to foul exorbitant desires: Upheld by me, yet once more he shall stand On even ground against his mortal foe, By me upheld, that he may know how frail...
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Page 145 - Thyself though great and glorious dost thou count, Or all angelic nature join'd in one, Equal to him begotten Son, by whom As by His word the mighty Father made All things, ev'n thee, and all the spirits of heav'n...