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... . The second is the same circle , with its diameter , and with an antarctic region like the so- called ' south frigid zone ' of the geographies . ED . - Glory , in the midst whereof GOD , though omnipresent xiv INTRODUCTION .
... . The second is the same circle , with its diameter , and with an antarctic region like the so- called ' south frigid zone ' of the geographies . ED . - Glory , in the midst whereof GOD , though omnipresent xiv INTRODUCTION .
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Books I and II John Milton. Glory , in the midst whereof GOD , though omnipresent , has His im- mediate and visible dwelling . He is here surrounded by a vast population of beings , called " the Angels , " or " Sons of God , " who draw ...
Books I and II John Milton. Glory , in the midst whereof GOD , though omnipresent , has His im- mediate and visible dwelling . He is here surrounded by a vast population of beings , called " the Angels , " or " Sons of God , " who draw ...
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... glory above his peers , He trusted to have equalled the Most High , If he opposed ; and , with ambitious aim , 40 Par . Lost , IV . 389 , 390 , Satan assigns his grounds for destroying our first parents , ་ ' public reason just , Honor ...
... glory above his peers , He trusted to have equalled the Most High , If he opposed ; and , with ambitious aim , 40 Par . Lost , IV . 389 , 390 , Satan assigns his grounds for destroying our first parents , ་ ' public reason just , Honor ...
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... glory ) in the abyss . " Keightley . But is it necessary to look so far for the meaning ? See Rev. ix . 1 , 2 ; xx . 1 , 3 , for the phrase ' bottomless pit .'- -48 . Adaman- tine ( a negative or privative ; daμáw , to conquer ; àdáμas ...
... glory ) in the abyss . " Keightley . But is it necessary to look so far for the meaning ? See Rev. ix . 1 , 2 ; xx . 1 , 3 , for the phrase ' bottomless pit .'- -48 . Adaman- tine ( a negative or privative ; daμáw , to conquer ; àdáμas ...
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... glory never shall his wrath or might 19 - -- 110 Thoughts , one of the subjects of ' joined ' ? - 89 . Glorious . This word viv- idly suggests the aspiring ambition of Satan . 90. Now misery hath joined . Supply whom ? or thee ? What is ...
... glory never shall his wrath or might 19 - -- 110 Thoughts , one of the subjects of ' joined ' ? - 89 . Glorious . This word viv- idly suggests the aspiring ambition of Satan . 90. Now misery hath joined . Supply whom ? or thee ? What is ...
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Abarim abyss abyss of Chaos Æneid Almighty amphibrach ancient angels Argob arms Beelzebub behold Belial Boeotia Book bright burning cæsura called centre Chaos Comus Dante darkness death deep Deity devils Dict dread earth Empyrean Eneid English eternal evil Exod Faerie Queene fiery fire flames flowers force fury gates glory gods Greek hath heaven heavenly hell Hesiod highth hill Himes Homer Iliad infernal Jove Julius Cæsar Keightley king Latin light Lycidas Macbeth Masson meaning Milton Moloch Muse night o'er Old Eng Ovid pain Pantheon Paradise Lost passage perhaps phrase poem poetry poets region reign rhyme river Satan says seat seems sense Shakes Shakespeare song sound space Spenser spirits Starry Universe stood Storr sublime syllable Tartarus temple thee thence Theocritus thou thought throne thunder utter vast verse viii Virgil Wedgwood winds wings word
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Page xxix - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet— Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven: The roof was fretted gold.
Page 42 - In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 27 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights; if it were land that ever...