Paradise LostJohn Bumpus, 1821 - 384 pages |
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Page xiv
... never was any known to aspire to emulation : even the late ingenious Mr. Philips , who , in the colours of style , came the nearest of all the copiers to resemble the great original , made his distant advances with a filial reverence ...
... never was any known to aspire to emulation : even the late ingenious Mr. Philips , who , in the colours of style , came the nearest of all the copiers to resemble the great original , made his distant advances with a filial reverence ...
Page xxix
... sublimity of his mind , he gives delight by its fer- tility . Whatever be his subject , he never fails to fill the imagination . But his images and descriptions of the scenes or operations of Nature do not seem to be PARADISE LOST . xxix.
... sublimity of his mind , he gives delight by its fer- tility . Whatever be his subject , he never fails to fill the imagination . But his images and descriptions of the scenes or operations of Nature do not seem to be PARADISE LOST . xxix.
Page xlvi
... never was any promise more magnificently fulfilled . Seneca has considered a man of resolution , struggling with adversity , as a spectacle worthy of God ; our resolute countryman not only struggled with adversity , but , under a ...
... never was any promise more magnificently fulfilled . Seneca has considered a man of resolution , struggling with adversity , as a spectacle worthy of God ; our resolute countryman not only struggled with adversity , but , under a ...
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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 to submit or yield , And what is else not to be overcome ; That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me . To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee , and deify his power , Who 6 BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
... never to submit or yield , And what is else not to be overcome ; That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me . To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee , and deify his power , Who 6 BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
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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