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And love with fear the only God , to walk As in his presence , ever to observe His providence , and on him fole depend , Merciful over all his works , with good 565 Still overcoming evil , and by small Accomplishing great things ...
And love with fear the only God , to walk As in his presence , ever to observe His providence , and on him fole depend , Merciful over all his works , with good 565 Still overcoming evil , and by small Accomplishing great things ...
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Page 28 - Without copartner ? so to add what wants In female sex, the more to draw his love, And render me more equal; and, perhaps, A thing not undesirable, sometime Superior; for, inferior, who is free ? This may be well: but what if God have seen.
Page 8 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
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Page 136 - ... observe His providence; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Page 24 - Why then was this forbid ? Why but to awe, Why but to keep ye low and ignorant, His worshippers...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: Milton Volume 4 of The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Henry Hughs |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributor | Henry Hughs |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 22 Oct 2005 |
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