Paradise LostJohn Bumpus, 1821 - 384 pages |
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Page xviii
... divine work he was tempted to range Beyond the visible diurnal sphere . With so many accomplishments , not to have had some faults and misfortunes , to be laid in the balance with the fame and felicity of writing Paradise Lost , would ...
... divine work he was tempted to range Beyond the visible diurnal sphere . With so many accomplishments , not to have had some faults and misfortunes , to be laid in the balance with the fame and felicity of writing Paradise Lost , would ...
Page xx
... ways of God to man ; to show the reasonableness of religion , and the necessity of obedience to the divine law . To convey this moral there must be a fable , a narration artfully constructed , so as to excite curiosity , XX CRITICISM ON.
... ways of God to man ; to show the reasonableness of religion , and the necessity of obedience to the divine law . To convey this moral there must be a fable , a narration artfully constructed , so as to excite curiosity , XX CRITICISM ON.
Page xxxii
... divine favour is forfeited by sin , and how hope of pardon may be obtained by penitence and prayer . A state of innocence we can only conceive , if indeed , in our present misery , it be possible to conceive it ; but the sentiments and ...
... divine favour is forfeited by sin , and how hope of pardon may be obtained by penitence and prayer . A state of innocence we can only conceive , if indeed , in our present misery , it be possible to conceive it ; but the sentiments and ...
Page 25
... divine or holy , else enjoyed In vision beatifick by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransacked the center , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures , better hid . Soon had his ...
... divine or holy , else enjoyed In vision beatifick by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransacked the center , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures , better hid . Soon had his ...
Page 36
... divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our power sufficient to disturb his Heaven , And with perpetual inroads to alarm , Though inaccessible , his fatal throne : Which if not ...
... divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our power sufficient to disturb his Heaven , And with perpetual inroads to alarm , Though inaccessible , his fatal throne : Which if not ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angels arms aught beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake Canaan celestial Cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight didst divine doom dreadful dwell earth ELIJAH FENTON eternal evil eyes fair faith Father fear Fiend fierce fire flaming flowers fruit glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour Ithuriel JOHN MILTON King less lest light live mankind Messiah Milton mind Moloch nigh night o'er pain PARADISE LOST peace praise reign replied round sapience Satan Satan return scape seat seemed Serpent shade shalt sight soon sovran spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree Uriel virtue voice whence wings wonder Zephon