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... wonder , that a person so en - don , though without the author's name , in 1637 , gaged in religious and political controversies as he with a dedication to the Lord Brackly by Mr. H. was , should be calumniated and abused by the con ...
... wonder , that a person so en - don , though without the author's name , in 1637 , gaged in religious and political controversies as he with a dedication to the Lord Brackly by Mr. H. was , should be calumniated and abused by the con ...
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... ; No wonder , fallen such a pernicious height . " He scarce had ceased , when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his pond'rous shield , Devoid of sense and motion ? and who knows , BOOK I. 3 PARADISE LOST .
... ; No wonder , fallen such a pernicious height . " He scarce had ceased , when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore : his pond'rous shield , Devoid of sense and motion ? and who knows , BOOK I. 3 PARADISE LOST .
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... wonder ! They but now who seemed In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Thronged numberless ; like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or fairy elves , Whose midnight revels ...
... wonder ! They but now who seemed In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Thronged numberless ; like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or fairy elves , Whose midnight revels ...
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... wonder then if fields and regions here Breathe forth elixir pure , and rivers run Potable gold , when with one virtuous touch The arch chymic sun , so far from us remote , Produces , with terrestrial humour mixed , Here in the dark so ...
... wonder then if fields and regions here Breathe forth elixir pure , and rivers run Potable gold , when with one virtuous touch The arch chymic sun , so far from us remote , Produces , with terrestrial humour mixed , Here in the dark so ...
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... wonder at their ex- cellent form and happy state , but with resolution to work their fall ; overhears their discourse , thence gathers that the tree of knowledge was forbidden them to eat of , under penalty of death ; and thereon ...
... wonder at their ex- cellent form and happy state , but with resolution to work their fall ; overhears their discourse , thence gathers that the tree of knowledge was forbidden them to eat of , under penalty of death ; and thereon ...
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Page 10 - Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottomed, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt ! — So both ascend In the visions of God — B.