The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and critical, by S. Johnson, Volume 101790 |
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... delight ; which confifts only in apt num- bers , fit quantity of fyllables , and the sense variously drawn out from one verfe into another , not in the jingling found of like endings , a fault avoided by the learned Ancients both in ...
... delight ; which confifts only in apt num- bers , fit quantity of fyllables , and the sense variously drawn out from one verfe into another , not in the jingling found of like endings , a fault avoided by the learned Ancients both in ...
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... Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Faft by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous fong , That with no middle flight intends to foar Above th ' Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted yet ...
... Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Faft by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous fong , That with no middle flight intends to foar Above th ' Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted yet ...
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... delight , As be'ing the contrary to his high will Whom we refift . If then his providence Out of our evil feek to bring forth good , Our labor must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft - times ...
... delight , As be'ing the contrary to his high will Whom we refift . If then his providence Out of our evil feek to bring forth good , Our labor must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft - times ...
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... delightful feat Was fair Damafcus , on the fertil banks Of Abbana and Pharphar , lucid streams . He alfo ' against the house of God was bold : A leper once he lost , and gain'd a king , Ahaz his fottish conquʼror , whom he drew 460 465 ...
... delightful feat Was fair Damafcus , on the fertil banks Of Abbana and Pharphar , lucid streams . He alfo ' against the house of God was bold : A leper once he lost , and gain'd a king , Ahaz his fottish conquʼror , whom he drew 460 465 ...
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... delight ; how wearisome Eternity so spent in worship paid To whom we hate ! Let us not then pursue By force impoffible , by leave obtain'd Unacceptable , though in Heav'n , our state Of fplendid vaffalage ; but rather feek Our own good ...
... delight ; how wearisome Eternity so spent in worship paid To whom we hate ! Let us not then pursue By force impoffible , by leave obtain'd Unacceptable , though in Heav'n , our state Of fplendid vaffalage ; but rather feek Our own good ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Adam afcend againſt almighty Angels appear'd arm'd arms battel behold blifs bright call'd Celeſtial Cherub creatures darkneſs deep defire earth eaſe elſe erft eternal eyes fafe faid fair fair Angels feat feem'd fhall fhould fide fight filent fince fire firft firſt fleep fome fons foon foul fpake ftill ftood fuch fudden gates glory happineſs hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell highth hill himſelf hoft Ithuriel king laſt lefs leſs light loft moſt muſt night o'er ordain'd pafs'd pain Paradife PARADISE LOST pleas'd pleaſant pow'r praiſe rais'd reaſon reft reign reply'd rife rofe round Satan ſeems ſhade ſhall ſhape ſky ſpake ſpear ſpeed Spi'rits ſpread ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtream ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves thence theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand throne turn'd vex'd wand'ring whofe whoſe wings wiſdom worfe worſe Zephon
Passagens conhecidas
Página 13 - Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Página 102 - 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...
Página 74 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Página 102 - Ah, wherefore! he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none; nor was his service hard.
Página 216 - The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts ; then springs, as broke from bonds, And rampant...
Página 234 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent : Tell me how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Página 57 - And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast With horrid strides; Hell trembled as he strode.
Página 138 - Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in Heaven, On earth join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Página 110 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Página 234 - Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?