The State of Innocence and Fall of Man Described in Milton's Paradise Lost. Render'd Into Prose with ... Notes from the French of ... Raymond [or Rather Nicolas François Dupré] de St. Maur. By a Gentleman of Oxford [George Smith Green].T. Osborne, 1745 - 436 pages |
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... Light , but only perceptible Darkness ; in which ter- rible Sights of Woe might be difcover'd ; Regions of Sorrow , Shades of Hell , where Peace and Reft could never have Habitation , where Hope the only Comforter nevér comes , but ...
... Light , but only perceptible Darkness ; in which ter- rible Sights of Woe might be difcover'd ; Regions of Sorrow , Shades of Hell , where Peace and Reft could never have Habitation , where Hope the only Comforter nevér comes , but ...
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... Light , cloath'd with exceffive Brightness , didft out- faine Millions of the other Angels , though they were bright ! If Mifery hath now join'd with me in the fame Ruin , him whofe united Thoughts , and Coun- fels , whofe equal Hope ...
... Light , cloath'd with exceffive Brightness , didft out- faine Millions of the other Angels , though they were bright ! If Mifery hath now join'd with me in the fame Ruin , him whofe united Thoughts , and Coun- fels , whofe equal Hope ...
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... Light- ning with violent Force , perhaps hath spent its Shafts ; for now it ceafes to bellow through the great and boundless Deep : Then let us not flip the Opportunity , whether Scorn or fatisfied Fury yield it us from our Enemy . Doft ...
... Light- ning with violent Force , perhaps hath spent its Shafts ; for now it ceafes to bellow through the great and boundless Deep : Then let us not flip the Opportunity , whether Scorn or fatisfied Fury yield it us from our Enemy . Doft ...
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... Light - House . i.e. But here it is taken for the whole Ifland of Sicily , which is very Jubject to Earthquakes . ( y ) Etna ; Lat . Gr . from the Heb . Attuna , i . e . A Furnace , a Chimney , or tuna , i . e . A Mift ; because of the ...
... Light - House . i.e. But here it is taken for the whole Ifland of Sicily , which is very Jubject to Earthquakes . ( y ) Etna ; Lat . Gr . from the Heb . Attuna , i . e . A Furnace , a Chimney , or tuna , i . e . A Mift ; because of the ...
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... Light ? Then be it fo ; fince he who is now abfolute Sovereign can decree and bid what fhall be right ; to be fartheft from him is beft , fince he whom Reason makes but equal , Force hath made fupreme above his Equals . Ye happy Fields ...
... Light ? Then be it fo ; fince he who is now abfolute Sovereign can decree and bid what fhall be right ; to be fartheft from him is beft , fince he whom Reason makes but equal , Force hath made fupreme above his Equals . Ye happy Fields ...
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ADAM Adam and Eve Adam's Afia againſt alfo Anſwer antient Beafts becauſe beft call'd called Canaan Caufe cauſe Chaldea City Courſe Creatures Darkneſs DEATH defcended defcribed Defire Eaft Earth Egypt elfe Evil Eyes fafe faid Fall fallen Angel fame Father fecond feek feem'd feems fent feven fhall fhining fhould fince firft firſt fome foon fpoke Fruit ftand ftill ftood fuch fweet Glory Happineſs hath Heaven Hell himſelf holy ibid Jerufalem juft Jupiter King laft laſt lefs Light loft Love Mediterranean Sea Mifery Miles moft moſt Mountain muſt Name Night Number PARADISE PARADISE LOST pleaſant Pleaſure Power Praiſe prefent radife Reaſon reft rifing River SATAN Senfe Serpent ſhall Spirits ſtood tafte Tatars Thammuz thee thefe themſelves thence ther theſe Things thofe thoſe thou Throne Tree vaft Vide Similes Weft whofe Wiſdom worfe World
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Page 133 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd 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...
Page 300 - Matter of scorn, not to be given the foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our state cannot be sever'd, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
Page 236 - And God said. Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good.
Page 241 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 160 - So saying, on he led his radiant files, Dazzling the moon: these to the bower direct In search of whom they sought: him there they found Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve, Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions as he list, phantasms and dreams...
Page 141 - And country, whereof here needs no account; But rather to tell how, if art could tell...
Page 235 - 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 362 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 334 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And Power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 317 - ... blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross ; and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.