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" Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both... "
Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711 - Page 114
by John Milton - 1801
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Sacred Biography, Or, The History of the Patriarchs: To which is ..., Volume 2

Henry Hunter - 1828 - 356 pages
...bard puts in the mouth of Adam, first of men, addressed to his fair consort — " Nor think-, tho' men were none, That heaven would want spectators....ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night." If our ears were not dull and limited &» our spirits — " How often, from the steep Of echoing hill...
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The English Reader

Lindley Murray - 1828 - 252 pages
...Shine not in vain; nor think, though men were none That heav'n would want spectators, God want praisa Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. _How often, from the steep " Daughter of God and man , accomplished Eve, These have their course to...
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The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry: From the Best Writers ...

Lindley Murray - 1829 - 216 pages
...not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise j Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket, have w_e heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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Murray's English Reader

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1829 - 318 pages
...though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none. That heav'n would want spectators, God want praise ; Millions...All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Uotli day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...to receive Perfection from the sun's more potent ray. These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none,...behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books

John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...receive Perfection from the sun's more potent ray. These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, 67^t Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none,...his works behold Both day and night : How often from steep 680 Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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Researches Into the Nature and Affinity of Ancient and Hindu Mythology

Vans Kennedy - 1831 - 666 pages
...expressed by Milton, why should the Hindus be blamed for supposing that angelic beings exist every where ? Nor think, though men were none, That heaven would...walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep ; • Ward's View of the Hindus, vol. ip 18. + But even of those deities the Hindus consider...
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Paradise lost, a poem

John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...to receive Perfection from the sun's more potent ray. These then, though unheheld in deep of night. Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none,...Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, hoth when we wake and when we sleep ; All these with ceaseless praise his works hehold Both day and...
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The Annals of My Village: Being a Calendar of Nature, for Every Month in the ...

Mary Roberts - 1831 - 388 pages
...busy day, were then calmly resting upon their beds : but the lovely scene did not want spectators— " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise His work behold Both day and night." MILTON. Nor were the unconscious sleepers unprotected. All, all, were...
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Oeuvres de Delille, Volume 5

Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...to receive Perfection from the sun's more potent ray. These then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none,...behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive...
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