A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American PoetsT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 761 pages |
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... Milton : Par . Lost . Book i . Line 302 . He is deformed , crooked , old , and sere , Ill - faced , worse - bodied , shapeless every where ; Vicious , ungentle , foolish , blunt , unkind ; Stigmatical in making , worse in mind . 18 ...
... Milton : Par . Lost . Book i . Line 302 . He is deformed , crooked , old , and sere , Ill - faced , worse - bodied , shapeless every where ; Vicious , ungentle , foolish , blunt , unkind ; Stigmatical in making , worse in mind . 18 ...
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... Milton : Par . Lost . Bk . i . Line 262 . But what will not Ambition and Revenge Descend to ? Who aspires , must down as low As high he soar'd , obnoxious , first or last , To basest things . Revenge , at first though sweet , Bitter ere ...
... Milton : Par . Lost . Bk . i . Line 262 . But what will not Ambition and Revenge Descend to ? Who aspires , must down as low As high he soar'd , obnoxious , first or last , To basest things . Revenge , at first though sweet , Bitter ere ...
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... Milton : Comus . Line 739 . Beauty , like the fair Hesperian tree Laden with blooming gold had need the guard Of dragon - watch with unenchanted eye , To save her blossoms and defend her fruit . 331 Milton : Comus . Line 393 . Beauty ...
... Milton : Comus . Line 739 . Beauty , like the fair Hesperian tree Laden with blooming gold had need the guard Of dragon - watch with unenchanted eye , To save her blossoms and defend her fruit . 331 Milton : Comus . Line 393 . Beauty ...
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... Milton : Samson Agonistes . Line 80 . O , loss of sight , of thee I most complain ! Blind among enemies , O worse than chains , Dungeons , or beggary , or decrepit age ! Light , the prime work of God , to me's extinct , And all her ...
... Milton : Samson Agonistes . Line 80 . O , loss of sight , of thee I most complain ! Blind among enemies , O worse than chains , Dungeons , or beggary , or decrepit age ! Light , the prime work of God , to me's extinct , And all her ...
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... Milton : Par . Lost . Bk . iii . Line 40 . These eyes , though clear To outward view of blemish or of spot , Bereft of light , their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun , or moon , or star , throughout ...
... Milton : Par . Lost . Bk . iii . Line 40 . These eyes , though clear To outward view of blemish or of spot , Bereft of light , their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun , or moon , or star , throughout ...
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