The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5Robert Anderson Arch, 1795 |
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... King , son of Sir John King , Secretary for Ireland , who was loft in h pailage to that country . Milton having now remained with his father for about five years , on the death of his mother , obtained the liberty which he fo ardently ...
... King , son of Sir John King , Secretary for Ireland , who was loft in h pailage to that country . Milton having now remained with his father for about five years , on the death of his mother , obtained the liberty which he fo ardently ...
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... king , whose heart , though large , Beguil'd by fair idolatreffes , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian damfels to lament his fate Is amorous ditties all a fummer's day ...
... king , whose heart , though large , Beguil'd by fair idolatreffes , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian damfels to lament his fate Is amorous ditties all a fummer's day ...
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... kings , Learn how their greatest monuments of fame , And ftrength , and art , are easily out - done By fpirits reprobate ... king , Exalted to fuch power , and gave to rule , Each in his hierarchy , the orders bright . Nor was his name ...
... kings , Learn how their greatest monuments of fame , And ftrength , and art , are easily out - done By fpirits reprobate ... king , Exalted to fuch power , and gave to rule , Each in his hierarchy , the orders bright . Nor was his name ...
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... kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted fat , by merit rais'd To that bad eminence ; and from defpair Thus high ... king , Stood up , the strongest and the fierceft fpirit That fought in heaven , now fiercer by defpair : His truft ...
... kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted fat , by merit rais'd To that bad eminence ; and from defpair Thus high ... king , Stood up , the strongest and the fierceft fpirit That fought in heaven , now fiercer by defpair : His truft ...
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... King of Heaven We war , if war be beft , or to regain Our own right loft : him to unthrone we then May hope , when everlasting fate fhall yield To fickle chance , and Chaos judge the ftrife : The former vain to hope , argues as vain The ...
... King of Heaven We war , if war be beft , or to regain Our own right loft : him to unthrone we then May hope , when everlasting fate fhall yield To fickle chance , and Chaos judge the ftrife : The former vain to hope , argues as vain The ...
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