The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Life [of the Author].T. Nelson, 1861 - 523 pages |
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Page xvi
... peace in Oxfordshire . No account is preserved of the circumstances that led to this union ; but it proved unhappy , and gave rise to in- cidents in his life which the biographer would gladly omit . They had only been married a month ...
... peace in Oxfordshire . No account is preserved of the circumstances that led to this union ; but it proved unhappy , and gave rise to in- cidents in his life which the biographer would gladly omit . They had only been married a month ...
Page xxviii
... peace in Oxfordshire , who , from motives of economy , took him early from school . After several years had been wasted in this forced idleness , he adopted with great zeal the novel tenets of Quakerism , submitting to much cruel ...
... peace in Oxfordshire , who , from motives of economy , took him early from school . After several years had been wasted in this forced idleness , he adopted with great zeal the novel tenets of Quakerism , submitting to much cruel ...
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... peace And rest can 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 ...
... peace And rest can 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 ...
Page 19
... peace is despaired ; " For who can think submission ? war then , war , " Open or understood , must be resolved . " He spake ; and , to confirm his words , out flew Millions of flaming swords , drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ...
... peace is despaired ; " For who can think submission ? war then , war , " Open or understood , must be resolved . " He spake ; and , to confirm his words , out flew Millions of flaming swords , drawn from the thighs Of mighty cherubim ...
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... peace : and after him thus Mammon spake : " Either to disenthrone the King of Heaven " We war , if war be best , or to regain " Our own right lost : him to unthrone we then ' May hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield " To fickle ...
... peace : and after him thus Mammon spake : " Either to disenthrone the King of Heaven " We war , if war be best , or to regain " Our own right lost : him to unthrone we then ' May hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield " To fickle ...
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