The Poetical Works of John MiltonMacmillan, 1911 - 625 pages |
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... never to his satisfaction , though " he exerted his fancy never so much ; so that , in all the years he was about " this poem , he may be said to have spent but half his time therein . " The reader ought to correct by this extract ...
... never to his satisfaction , though " he exerted his fancy never so much ; so that , in all the years he was about " this poem , he may be said to have spent but half his time therein . " The reader ought to correct by this extract ...
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... never to shut again , he emerges into the hideous Chaos overhead . His journey up through it is arduous . Climbing , swimming , wading , flying , through the boggy consistency - now falling plumb - down thousands of fathoms , again ...
... never to shut again , he emerges into the hideous Chaos overhead . His journey up through it is arduous . Climbing , swimming , wading , flying , through the boggy consistency - now falling plumb - down thousands of fathoms , again ...
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... never - to - be - obliterated accuracy before the eye - no possible poem can ever overpass it . And then the story itself ! What story mightier , or more full of meaning , can there ever be than that of the Archangel rebelling in Heaven ...
... never - to - be - obliterated accuracy before the eye - no possible poem can ever overpass it . And then the story itself ! What story mightier , or more full of meaning , can there ever be than that of the Archangel rebelling in Heaven ...
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... never dwell , hope never comes That comes to all , but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsumed . Such place Eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ...
... never dwell , hope never comes That comes to all , but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsumed . Such place Eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ...
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... never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to His high will Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of ...
... never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to His high will Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of ...
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