The state of innocence: and fall of man, described in Milton's Paradise lost, render'd into prose, with notes, from the Fr. of Raymond de St. Maur, by a gentleman of Oxford [G.S. Green]. |
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ADAM Adam and Eve Afia alſo Angels Anſwer antient becauſe behold beſt bright call'd called Canaan cauſe Chaldea CHAP City cloſe Courſe Creatures Cusco dark DEATH Defire Diſtance Earth Eaſt Egypt elſe Evil Eyes faid fame Father feem'd fince firſt fome foon Fruit fuch Glory happy hath Heaven Hell holy Iſland itſelf Jupiter juſt King laſt leſs Light loft Love Mediterranean Sea Miles moſt Mountain muſt Name Night Number Pand¿monium PARADISE PARADISE LOST paſs paſs'd paſt Pleaſure Power Praiſe preſent Reaſon reſt riſe River roſe ſaid ſame SATAN ſay ſecond ſee ſeek ſeems ſeen Serpent ſet ſeven ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhining ſhould ſince ſmall ſome ſpeak Spirits ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſuch ſweet Taſte Tatars thee themſelves thence ther theſe Things thoſe thou Thoughts thro Throne Tree turn'd vaſt Weſt whoſe World worſe
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Page 133 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 302 - Matter of scorn, not to be given the foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our state cannot be sever'd, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
Page 236 - And God said. Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear : and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth ; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas : and God saw that it was good.
Page 241 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Page 160 - So saying, on he led his radiant files, Dazzling the moon: these to the bower direct In search of whom they sought: him there they found Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve, Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions as he list, phantasms and dreams...
Page 141 - And country, whereof here needs no account; But rather to tell how, if art could tell...
Page 235 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 364 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 336 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And Power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 319 - ... blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross ; and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.