The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Volume 5J. Johnson, 1809 |
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... light , Regents , and potentates , and kings , yea Gods , Of many a pleasant realm and province wide . So to the coast of Jordan he directs His easy steps , girded with fnaky wiles , 120 Ver . 113. To him , their great dictator ...
... light , Regents , and potentates , and kings , yea Gods , Of many a pleasant realm and province wide . So to the coast of Jordan he directs His easy steps , girded with fnaky wiles , 120 Ver . 113. To him , their great dictator ...
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... light of a duel , or perfonal contest , between him and the Arch- enemy of mankind ; in which our Lord , by his divine patience , fortitude , and refignation to the will of his heavenly Father , van- quifhes the wiles of the Devil . He ...
... light of a duel , or perfonal contest , between him and the Arch- enemy of mankind ; in which our Lord , by his divine patience , fortitude , and refignation to the will of his heavenly Father , van- quifhes the wiles of the Devil . He ...
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... light does Milton here place that text of Scripture , where it is faid that Jefus was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness ! He adheres strictly to the inspired historian , and at the fame time gives it a turn which is extremely ...
... light does Milton here place that text of Scripture , where it is faid that Jefus was led up of the Spirit into the wilderness ! He adheres strictly to the inspired historian , and at the fame time gives it a turn which is extremely ...
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... light on thefe lines , as would incline one to believe that Milton had it in his mind . " Multa cernunt harufpices ; multa augures provident ; multa oraculis declarantur , multa vaticinationibus , multa fomniis , multa portentis ...
... light on thefe lines , as would incline one to believe that Milton had it in his mind . " Multa cernunt harufpices ; multa augures provident ; multa oraculis declarantur , multa vaticinationibus , multa fomniis , multa portentis ...
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... light of men . " i . 4 . CALTON . And in Acts , vii . 38. where it is faid , " Who received the lively ( or living ) oracles to give unto us , " inftead of λóyıa Çörta , fome copies read λóyor Çira . DUNSTER . Ibid . his living oracle ...
... light of men . " i . 4 . CALTON . And in Acts , vii . 38. where it is faid , " Who received the lively ( or living ) oracles to give unto us , " inftead of λóyıa Çörta , fome copies read λóyor Çira . DUNSTER . Ibid . his living oracle ...
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Page 157 - They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors...
Page 446 - But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints, the trial of their fortitude, Making them each his own deliverer, And victor over all That tyranny or fortune can inflict.
Page 467 - Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 481 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 351 - Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 155 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other ; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise ? His lot who dares be singularly good.
Page 8 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 431 - Look now for no enchanting voice, nor fear The bait of honied words; a rougher tongue Draws hitherward, I know him by his stride, The giant Harapha of Gath, his look Haughty as is his pile high-built and proud.
Page 318 - The circumscription of time wherein the whole drama begins and ends, is according to ancient rule, and best example, within the space of twenty-four hours.
Page 369 - But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty; And to despise, or envy, or suspect Whom GOD hath of His special favour raised As their deliverer?