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Page 57
... angels and the proud contentions of spiritual hosts , had a fine and delicate sense of the ordinary household virtues of the humblest of mankind . It was the lot of Milton to live in an eventful age . The revival of learning first , and ...
... angels and the proud contentions of spiritual hosts , had a fine and delicate sense of the ordinary household virtues of the humblest of mankind . It was the lot of Milton to live in an eventful age . The revival of learning first , and ...
Page 72
... angel , with joy on its countenance and freedom on its wings . The poem is too long to quote entire , but I have culled a few of its best stanzas : I. First born of Chaos , who so fair didst come From the old Negro's darksome womb ...
... angel , with joy on its countenance and freedom on its wings . The poem is too long to quote entire , but I have culled a few of its best stanzas : I. First born of Chaos , who so fair didst come From the old Negro's darksome womb ...
Page 83
... angels the passions and ambitions he had observed in human life , and looking beyond the world for the source of those virtues and principles that dignify the better part of mankind . In Paradise Lost , after the proposition of the ...
... angels the passions and ambitions he had observed in human life , and looking beyond the world for the source of those virtues and principles that dignify the better part of mankind . In Paradise Lost , after the proposition of the ...
Page 84
... angels , Beelzebub advised his superior , the leader of the bright armies which none but the Omnipotent could foil ... angel forms , who lay entranc'd , Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks In Valambrosa , where th ' Etrurian ...
... angels , Beelzebub advised his superior , the leader of the bright armies which none but the Omnipotent could foil ... angel forms , who lay entranc'd , Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks In Valambrosa , where th ' Etrurian ...
Page 85
... with attention , bent from wing to wing half enclosing him and his peers . Thrice he essayed to address them , and thrice , in spite of scor , was checked by the outburst of such tears as angels weep . He told them , 85.
... with attention , bent from wing to wing half enclosing him and his peers . Thrice he essayed to address them , and thrice , in spite of scor , was checked by the outburst of such tears as angels weep . He told them , 85.
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