The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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... stars , which thou so bright hast set In the pure firmament , then saith my heart , Oh , what is man that thou rememberest yet And think'st upon him , or of man begot That him thou visit'st , and of him art found ? Scarce to be less ...
... stars , which thou so bright hast set In the pure firmament , then saith my heart , Oh , what is man that thou rememberest yet And think'st upon him , or of man begot That him thou visit'st , and of him art found ? Scarce to be less ...
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... stars of Heaven . " This note is from Hume and Newton . 650-656 . " Space may produce new Worlds , " & c . Notice here the first suggestion , and by Satan himself , of the precise scheme of diabolic action of which the whole poem is a ...
... stars of Heaven . " This note is from Hume and Newton . 650-656 . " Space may produce new Worlds , " & c . Notice here the first suggestion , and by Satan himself , of the precise scheme of diabolic action of which the whole poem is a ...
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... star or the star nearest Chaos , but the outermost boss or circle of the starry sphere as a whole . This will be explained more clearly farther on . See Book III . 418-420 , and note there . 1033. " God and good Angels . " Todd quotes ...
... star or the star nearest Chaos , but the outermost boss or circle of the starry sphere as a whole . This will be explained more clearly farther on . See Book III . 418-420 , and note there . 1033. " God and good Angels . " Todd quotes ...
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... star of smallest magnitude , " the Moon could not be seen along with her ; and the pointing of the original requires the phrase " as a star of smallest magnitude close by the moon " to be read continuously and as a simile . The ...
... star of smallest magnitude , " the Moon could not be seen along with her ; and the pointing of the original requires the phrase " as a star of smallest magnitude close by the moon " to be read continuously and as a simile . The ...
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... stars , but land imbosomed in a gloomier element that might either be water or cloud . In short , let the reader fancy an opaque hollow shell , the interior of which consists of the vast azure space , or telescopic uni- verse , in which ...
... stars , but land imbosomed in a gloomier element that might either be water or cloud . In short , let the reader fancy an opaque hollow shell , the interior of which consists of the vast azure space , or telescopic uni- verse , in which ...
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