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IO I GOD in the ' great i assembly stands Of kings and lordly states ; 2 Among the
gods ? on both his hands He judges and debates . 2 How long will ye : pervert
the right With 3 judgment false and wrong , Favouring the wicked by your might ...
IO I GOD in the ' great i assembly stands Of kings and lordly states ; 2 Among the
gods ? on both his hands He judges and debates . 2 How long will ye : pervert
the right With 3 judgment false and wrong , Favouring the wicked by your might ...
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Not so the wicked ; but , as chaff which fanned The wind drives , so the wicked
shall not stand In judgment , or abide their trial then , Nor sinners in the assembly
of just men . For the Lord knows the upright way of the just , And the way of bad ...
Not so the wicked ; but , as chaff which fanned The wind drives , so the wicked
shall not stand In judgment , or abide their trial then , Nor sinners in the assembly
of just men . For the Lord knows the upright way of the just , And the way of bad ...
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10 20 For thou art not a God that takes In wickedness delight ; Evil with thee no
biding makes ; Fools or mad men stand not within thy sight . All workers of iniquity
Thou hat'st ; and them unblest Thou wilt destroy that speak a lie ; The bloody and
...
10 20 For thou art not a God that takes In wickedness delight ; Evil with thee no
biding makes ; Fools or mad men stand not within thy sight . All workers of iniquity
Thou hat'st ; and them unblest Thou wilt destroy that speak a lie ; The bloody and
...
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i 1 he uses the word in the same sense , i.e. brought to a stand by the coming on
of night . The usual meaning of the word is to sink , or go to the bottom ( fundus ) ;
but one can see the idea of the metaphorswallowed up and lost in the darkness ...
i 1 he uses the word in the same sense , i.e. brought to a stand by the coming on
of night . The usual meaning of the word is to sink , or go to the bottom ( fundus ) ;
but one can see the idea of the metaphorswallowed up and lost in the darkness ...
Page 127
with ordered spear and shield : " a phrase of drill in Milton's time as in ours— “
order pikes ” being then the equivalent of our “ order arms " ; on which word of
command soldiers stand with their weapons resting perpendicularly by their
sides ...
with ordered spear and shield : " a phrase of drill in Milton's time as in ours— “
order pikes ” being then the equivalent of our “ order arms " ; on which word of
command soldiers stand with their weapons resting perpendicularly by their
sides ...
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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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