Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books : to which is Added Samson Agonistes, and Poems Upon Several Occasions, with A Tractate of Education |
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... O'er - fhadow her : this man born and now up - grown , To fhew him worthy of his birth divine And high prediction , henceforth I expose To Satan ; let him tempt and now afsay His utmost fubtility , because he boasts And vaunts of his ...
... O'er - fhadow her : this man born and now up - grown , To fhew him worthy of his birth divine And high prediction , henceforth I expose To Satan ; let him tempt and now afsay His utmost fubtility , because he boasts And vaunts of his ...
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... o'er all the earth Brute violence and proud tyrannick pow'r , Till truth were freed , and equity restor❜d : Yet held it more humane , more heav'nly , first By winning words to conquer willing hearts , And make perfuafion do the work of ...
... o'er all the earth Brute violence and proud tyrannick pow'r , Till truth were freed , and equity restor❜d : Yet held it more humane , more heav'nly , first By winning words to conquer willing hearts , And make perfuafion do the work of ...
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... the inner man , the nobler part : That other o'er the body only reigns ; And oft by force , which to a gen'rous mind So reigning , can be no fincere delight . Befides , to give a kingdom hath been thought Greater 32 Book II . PARADISE.
... the inner man , the nobler part : That other o'er the body only reigns ; And oft by force , which to a gen'rous mind So reigning , can be no fincere delight . Befides , to give a kingdom hath been thought Greater 32 Book II . PARADISE.
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... o'er a mighty king so oft prevail'd , That by strong hand his family obtain❜d , Tho ' priests , the crown , and David's throne ufurp'd , With Modin and her fuburbs once content . If kingdom move thee not , let move thee zeal And duty ...
... o'er a mighty king so oft prevail'd , That by strong hand his family obtain❜d , Tho ' priests , the crown , and David's throne ufurp'd , With Modin and her fuburbs once content . If kingdom move thee not , let move thee zeal And duty ...
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... have we speeded , and o'er hill and dale , Forest and field , and flood , temples and tow'rs Cut shorter many a league ; here thou behold'st Affyria and her empire's ancient bounds , Araxes and the D 3 Book III . 41 REGAIN'D .
... have we speeded , and o'er hill and dale , Forest and field , and flood , temples and tow'rs Cut shorter many a league ; here thou behold'st Affyria and her empire's ancient bounds , Araxes and the D 3 Book III . 41 REGAIN'D .
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