The first four books of Milton's Paradise lost; with notes, by C.W. Connon |
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190 And , re - assembling our afflicted Powers , Consult how we may henceforth
most offend Our enemy ; our own loss how repair ; How overcome this dire
calamity ; . What reinforcement we may gain from hope ; If not , what resolution
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190 And , re - assembling our afflicted Powers , Consult how we may henceforth
most offend Our enemy ; our own loss how repair ; How overcome this dire
calamity ; . What reinforcement we may gain from hope ; If not , what resolution
from ...
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Էջ 148 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and...
Էջ 129 - Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest ; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Էջ 149 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Էջ 147 - Unargued I obey : So God ordains ; God is thy law, thou mine : To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Էջ 48 - A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air...
Էջ 28 - Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet— Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven: The roof was fretted gold.
Էջ 134 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, God-like erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure— Severe, but in true filial freedom placed, Whence true authority in men...
Էջ 115 - To conclude therefore: Let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's Word, or in the book of God's Works — Divinity or Philosophy; — but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both.