Selections from Paradise lost: with notes, by R. DemausOliver & Boyd, 1857 - 180 páginas |
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... seen without previous study . On the whole , the Editor is not without the hope that the present unpretending Volume may supply a desideratum which he believes to be pretty exten- sively felt , and may tend to compensate the deficien ...
... seen without previous study . On the whole , the Editor is not without the hope that the present unpretending Volume may supply a desideratum which he believes to be pretty exten- sively felt , and may tend to compensate the deficien ...
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... seen Hov'ring on wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , at a signal giv'n , th ' uplifted spear Of their great sultan waving to direct Their course , in even balance down they light On the ...
... seen Hov'ring on wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , at a signal giv'n , th ' uplifted spear Of their great sultan waving to direct Their course , in even balance down they light On the ...
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... seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air , With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd , and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable : anon they move In perfect ...
... seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air , With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd , and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable : anon they move In perfect ...
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... seen , or some renown'd metropolis With glist'ring spires and pinnacles adorn'd , Which now the rising sun gilds with his beams : Such wonder seiz'd , though after heaven seen , The sp'rit malign ; but much more envy seiz'd , At sight ...
... seen , or some renown'd metropolis With glist'ring spires and pinnacles adorn'd , Which now the rising sun gilds with his beams : Such wonder seiz'd , though after heaven seen , The sp'rit malign ; but much more envy seiz'd , At sight ...
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... seen ; That stone , or like to that , which here below Philosophers in vain so long have sought , In vain , though by their powerful art they bind Volatile Hermes , and call up unbound In various shapes old Proteus from the sea , Drain ...
... seen ; That stone , or like to that , which here below Philosophers in vain so long have sought , In vain , though by their powerful art they bind Volatile Hermes , and call up unbound In various shapes old Proteus from the sea , Drain ...
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Términos y frases comunes
according Adam and Eve Adam's allusion Almighty Ammonite ancient Argob beasts Beelzebub behold Belial bliss BOOK brute burning lake call'd called chaos cherubim classical sense darkness death deep delight divine dread earth Egypt envy eternal ev'ning Eve's evil fair fall fear fire fix'd flow'rs fruit garden Genesis glory God's goddess gods gold Greek guile happy hast hath heav'n hell hence hill Imaüs imitation Jupiter king knowledge labour lest Libya light lost Mammon means Milton mind Moloch moon morning Mozambic night note on line o'er Ormus Osiris pain Paradise Paradise Lost pass'd passage perhaps Phlegra poem poet pow'r praise rais'd reason rebel angels refers river roses round Satan says Scripture seat seem'd Serapis serpent shade song spake spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence things thou thought throne tree turn'd vex'd voice wand'ring wind word worse worship
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Página 6 - Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support...
Página 64 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Página 25 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Página 10 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blaz'd ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Página 52 - And all amid them stood the tree of life, High eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold; and next to life Our death the tree of knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of good bought dear by knowing ill.
Página 14 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake.
Página 83 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Página 8 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Página 57 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Página 31 - Main reason to persuade immediate war Did not dissuade me most, and seem to cast Ominous conjecture on the whole success...