The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,J. Johnson; R. Baldwin; Otridge and Son; Nichols and Son; F.C. and J. Rivington; ... [and 19 others], 1809 |
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Adam alſo Angels appear arms beauty Bentley birds called cloud Compare created creatures deep delight deſcribed deſcription divine DUNSTER earth edit equal eternal expreſſion fair fall fame Father fight fire firſt flowers formed fruit give glory grace hand hath Heaven heavenly Hell hill himſelf Homer HUME imitation King leſs light lines living Lord manner mean mentioned Milton mind morning moſt muſt nature Newton night obſerved Paradiſe paſſage PEARCE perhaps poem poet probably reaſon relate RICHARDSON round ſaid ſame Satan ſays ſee ſeems ſenſe ſhall ſhould ſome ſpeaking Spenſer Spirits ſtars ſtill ſtood ſuch ſun ſweet thee theſe things thoſe thou thought throne THYER TODD tree turn uſed verſe Virgil waters whoſe wings
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Page 374 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 447 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Page 11 - So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 193 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 79 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 441 - Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent. Tell me how may I know him, how adore, 280 From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Page 263 - And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought, and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 231 - Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers ; Hear my decree, which unrevoked shall stand. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son, and on this holy hill Him have anointed, whom ye now behold At my right hand; your head I him appoint; And by myself have sworn, to him shall bow All knees in heaven, and shall confess him Lord...
Page 225 - Myself and all the angelic host, that stand In sight of God enthroned, our happy state Hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds ; On other surety none ; freely we serve, Because we freely love, as in our will To love or not ; in this we stand or fall. And some are fallen, to disobedience fallen, And so from heaven to deepest hell : O fall From what high state of bliss into what woe...
Page 432 - Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid ; Leave them to God above, him serve and fear...
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Volume 3 of The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm) |
| Authors | John Milton, Henry John Todd |
| Illustrated by | Joseph Collyer |
| Contributors | John Johnson, Robert Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Nichols and Son, F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), Law and Gilbert |
| Publisher | J. Johnson; R. Baldwin; Otridge and Son; Nichols and Son; F.C. and J. Rivington; ... [and 19 others], 1809 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | Jul 10, 2007 |
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