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Hapless they To whom thou untried seem'st fair ! Me , in my vowed Picture , the
sacred wall declares to have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern
God of Sea . ( As Milton inserts the original with his translation , as if to challenge
...
Hapless they To whom thou untried seem'st fair ! Me , in my vowed Picture , the
sacred wall declares to have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern
God of Sea . ( As Milton inserts the original with his translation , as if to challenge
...
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With others , I prefer " as far as Angel's ken , " je to the extent of the ken or gaze of
an Angel . 62 , 63. " from those flames no light ; but rather darkness visible , " & c .
It seems to have been a common idea that the flames of Hell gave no light ...
With others , I prefer " as far as Angel's ken , " je to the extent of the ken or gaze of
an Angel . 62 , 63. " from those flames no light ; but rather darkness visible , " & c .
It seems to have been a common idea that the flames of Hell gave no light ...
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... a purer form . Thus , when crude sulphur is heated , the vapour adheres to the
walls of the chamber and forms there the fine powder called Flower of Sulphur ,
or sublimed sulphur . Milton's use of the term seems proper enough . 242—244 .
... a purer form . Thus , when crude sulphur is heated , the vapour adheres to the
walls of the chamber and forms there the fine powder called Flower of Sulphur ,
or sublimed sulphur . Milton's use of the term seems proper enough . 242—244 .
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pernicious highth , " Though meaning originally “ hurtful , ” destructive , ”
pernicious seems to have come to mean also " extreme , ” “ excessive , " in our
old writers . Thus Henry VIII . , II . i . :“ All the Commons Hate him perniciously . ”
284 .
pernicious highth , " Though meaning originally “ hurtful , ” destructive , ”
pernicious seems to have come to mean also " extreme , ” “ excessive , " in our
old writers . Thus Henry VIII . , II . i . :“ All the Commons Hate him perniciously . ”
284 .
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This seems to have been a common belief , suggested by the text Rev. xii . 4 ;
where the tail of the Great Dragon draws down " the third part of the stars of
Heaven . ” This note is from Hume and Newton . 650–656 . “ Space may produce
new ...
This seems to have been a common belief , suggested by the text Rev. xii . 4 ;
where the tail of the Great Dragon draws down " the third part of the stars of
Heaven . ” This note is from Hume and Newton . 650–656 . “ Space may produce
new ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Editors | John Mitford, David Masson |
| Publisher | J. R. Osgood, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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