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... means of detecting ) , certainly betrays the negligence or ignorance of those to whose care his edition was entrusted . Feeling as truly as others , the absurdity of 8 See Note on P. L. i . 197. Knowing by the passages , that our poet ...
... means of detecting ) , certainly betrays the negligence or ignorance of those to whose care his edition was entrusted . Feeling as truly as others , the absurdity of 8 See Note on P. L. i . 197. Knowing by the passages , that our poet ...
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... means of safety , amid civil broils , and spi- ritual dissensions , he was desired to recollect the following sentence , which that experienced states- man had also impressed on other travellers.- ' I pensieri stretti , ed il viso ...
... means of safety , amid civil broils , and spi- ritual dissensions , he was desired to recollect the following sentence , which that experienced states- man had also impressed on other travellers.- ' I pensieri stretti , ed il viso ...
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... mean and simple guise , she may be , as she is , a lion of the tribe of Judah , and in her humility all men will , with loud hosan- nahs , confess her greatness . ' When his oppo- nents urged the learning of the University and the ...
... mean and simple guise , she may be , as she is , a lion of the tribe of Judah , and in her humility all men will , with loud hosan- nahs , confess her greatness . ' When his oppo- nents urged the learning of the University and the ...
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... error , that a man should forfeit so great a happiness , and no charitable means to relieve him . Since they who have lived most loosely , by reason of their bold accustoming , prove most successful Xxxviii LIFE OF MILTON .
... error , that a man should forfeit so great a happiness , and no charitable means to relieve him . Since they who have lived most loosely , by reason of their bold accustoming , prove most successful Xxxviii LIFE OF MILTON .
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... mean a condemnation of marriage , from which I have derived all the blessings and benefits of civil society , but merely of its indissolubility . There are many causes which ought to justify divorce , as well as that of adultery on the ...
... mean a condemnation of marriage , from which I have derived all the blessings and benefits of civil society , but merely of its indissolubility . There are many causes which ought to justify divorce , as well as that of adultery on the ...
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Page 82 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 139 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Page 2 - OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Page 83 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 116 - So farewell hope ; and with hope, farewell fear ; Farewell remorse : all good to me is lost ; Evil be thou my good : by thee, at least, Divided empire with heaven's King I hold : By thee, and more than half, perhaps, will reign, As man, ere long, and this new world, shall know.
Page 26 - Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mix'd with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights...
Page 43 - To be no more : sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity., To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Page 132 - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair Creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes : but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays Thy coming, and thy soft embraces, he Whose image thou art: him thou shalt enjoy Inseparably thine, to him shalt bear Multitudes like thyself, and thence be call'd Mother of human race.
Page 94 - No sooner had the Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels with a shout," •** Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy ; heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas fill'd The eternal regions.
Page 138 - Fair consort, the hour Of night, and all things now retired to rest, Mind us of like repose ; since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive; and the timely dew of sleep, Now falling with soft slumbrous weight, inclines Our eyelids...