The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Haddon, 1819 |
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... angels are repre- sented as standing mute ; nor shew how proper the occasion was to produce such a silence in heaven . The close of this divine colloquy , with the hymn of angels that follows upon it , are so wonderfully beau- tiful and ...
... angels are repre- sented as standing mute ; nor shew how proper the occasion was to produce such a silence in heaven . The close of this divine colloquy , with the hymn of angels that follows upon it , are so wonderfully beau- tiful and ...
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... angels with a shout ! ( Lond as from numbers without number , sweet As from blest voices ) utt'ring joy , heav'n rung With jubilee , and loud Hosannas fill'd Th ' eternal regions , & c . & c .'- Satan's walk upon the outside of the ...
... angels with a shout ! ( Lond as from numbers without number , sweet As from blest voices ) utt'ring joy , heav'n rung With jubilee , and loud Hosannas fill'd Th ' eternal regions , & c . & c .'- Satan's walk upon the outside of the ...
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... angels , the state of innocence , the temptation of the serpent , and the fall of man , though they are very astonishing in themselves , are not only credible , but actual points of faith . The next method of reconciling miracles with ...
... angels , the state of innocence , the temptation of the serpent , and the fall of man , though they are very astonishing in themselves , are not only credible , but actual points of faith . The next method of reconciling miracles with ...
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... angels pass to and fro into the lower world , upon their errands to mankind . His sitting upon the brink of this ... angel . He surveys all the wonders in the immense amphi- theatre that lie between both the poles of heaven , and takes ...
... angels pass to and fro into the lower world , upon their errands to mankind . His sitting upon the brink of this ... angel . He surveys all the wonders in the immense amphi- theatre that lie between both the poles of heaven , and takes ...
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... angels . In the last is the conduct of Adam and Eve , who are the principal actors in the poem . In the description of Paradise , the poet has ob- served Aristotle's rule of lavishing all the ornaments of diction on the weak inactive ...
... angels . In the last is the conduct of Adam and Eve , who are the principal actors in the poem . In the description of Paradise , the poet has ob- served Aristotle's rule of lavishing all the ornaments of diction on the weak inactive ...
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Էջ 312 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Էջ 218 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of Nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Էջ 62 - To whom thus Eve replied. O thou for whom And from whom I was form'd, flesh of thy flesh, And without whom am to no end, my guide And head! what thou hast said is just and right. For we to him indeed all praises owe And daily thanks; I chiefly, who enjoy So far the happier lot, enjoying thee Preeminent by so much odds, while thou Like consort to thyself canst no where find.
Էջ 279 - With what to sight or smell was sweet ! from thee How shall I part, and whither wander down Into a lower world ; to this obscure And wild ? how shall we breathe in other air Less pure, accustomed to immortal fruits ? Whom thus the Angel interrupted mild.
Էջ 276 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Էջ 88 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Էջ 350 - The lambs with wolves shall graze the verdant mead, And boys in flowery bands the tiger lead; The steer and lion at one crib shall meet, And harmless serpents lick the pilgrim's feet.
Էջ 63 - So spake our general mother, and, with eyes Of conjugal attraction unreproved And meek surrender, half embracing lean'd On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid...
Էջ 121 - With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Էջ 89 - If none regard ; heaven wakes with all his eyes, Whom, to behold but thee, nature's desire, In whose sight all things joy, with ravishment Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.