Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes; and Poems Upon Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Education. John Milton the Author |
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When I was yet a Child no childish play To me was pleasing , all my mind was set Serious to learn and know , and thence to do What might be publick good ; my self I thought Born to that end , born to promote all truth , All righteous ...
When I was yet a Child no childish play To me was pleasing , all my mind was set Serious to learn and know , and thence to do What might be publick good ; my self I thought Born to that end , born to promote all truth , All righteous ...
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... one while To rescue Ifrael from the Roman Yoke , Then to subdue and quell o'er all the earth Brute violence and proud Tyrannick pow'r , Till truth were freed , and equity restor'd : Yet held it more humane , more heav'nly , first By ...
... one while To rescue Ifrael from the Roman Yoke , Then to subdue and quell o'er all the earth Brute violence and proud Tyrannick pow'r , Till truth were freed , and equity restor'd : Yet held it more humane , more heav'nly , first By ...
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Yet thou pretend'st to truth ? all Oracles 430 By thee are giv'n , and what confęft more true Among the Nations ? that hath been thy craft , By ; mixing somewhat true to vent more lyes . But what have been thy answers , what but dark ...
Yet thou pretend'st to truth ? all Oracles 430 By thee are giv'n , and what confęft more true Among the Nations ? that hath been thy craft , By ; mixing somewhat true to vent more lyes . But what have been thy answers , what but dark ...
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For God hath justly giv'n the Nations up To thy Delusions , juftly , since they fell Idolatrous ; but when his purpose is Among them to declare tis Providence 445 To thee not known , whence haft thou then thy truth , " But from him or ...
For God hath justly giv'n the Nations up To thy Delusions , juftly , since they fell Idolatrous ; but when his purpose is Among them to declare tis Providence 445 To thee not known , whence haft thou then thy truth , " But from him or ...
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Hard are the ways of truth , and rough to walk , Smooth on the tongue discours'd , pleafing to th'ear , And tuneable as Silvan Pipe or Song ; 480 What wonder then if I delight to hear . Her dictates from thy mouth ? most men admire ...
Hard are the ways of truth , and rough to walk , Smooth on the tongue discours'd , pleafing to th'ear , And tuneable as Silvan Pipe or Song ; 480 What wonder then if I delight to hear . Her dictates from thy mouth ? most men admire ...
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| Title | Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes; and Poems Upon Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Education. John Milton the Author |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | a Company of Stationers, 1739 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 29 Sep 2016 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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