Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie with Biographical and Critical NoticesThomas Wardle, 1846 - 807 pages |
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... darkness here Hatching vain empires . " Thus Beelzebub Pleaded his devilish counsel , first devis'd Must we renounce ... dark unbottom'd infinite abyss , And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way , or spread his aery ...
... darkness here Hatching vain empires . " Thus Beelzebub Pleaded his devilish counsel , first devis'd Must we renounce ... dark unbottom'd infinite abyss , And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way , or spread his aery ...
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... dark Ended , rejoicing in their matchless chief : So hardy , as to proffer or accept , Alone , the dreadful voyage ; till at last Satan , whom now transcendent glory rais'd Above his fellows , with monarchal pride , Conscious of highest ...
... dark Ended , rejoicing in their matchless chief : So hardy , as to proffer or accept , Alone , the dreadful voyage ; till at last Satan , whom now transcendent glory rais'd Above his fellows , with monarchal pride , Conscious of highest ...
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... dark and wild , beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail , which on firm land Thaws not , but gathers heap , and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice . A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata ...
... dark and wild , beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail , which on firm land Thaws not , but gathers heap , and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice . A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata ...
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... darkness , while thy head flames thick and fast Threw forth : till , on the left side opening wide , Likest to thee in ... dark encounter in mid air : So frown'd the mighty combatants , that Hell Grew darker at their frown ; so match'd ...
... darkness , while thy head flames thick and fast Threw forth : till , on the left side opening wide , Likest to thee in ... dark encounter in mid air : So frown'd the mighty combatants , that Hell Grew darker at their frown ; so match'd ...
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... dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all the heavenly host Of spirits , that , in our just pretences arm'd , Fell with us from on high : from them I go This uncouth errand sole ; and one for all Myself expose , with ...
... dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all the heavenly host Of spirits , that , in our just pretences arm'd , Fell with us from on high : from them I go This uncouth errand sole ; and one for all Myself expose , with ...
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