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" They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce... "
La Belle Assemblée - Page 4
1810
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...bottom of this gulf. Awake, arise, or be for ever fall'n. 330 They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On...As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evit day, Wav'd round the coast, up cajl'da pitchy cloud 340 Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind,...
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The Works of the British Poets, Volume 5

Robert Anderson - 1795 - 740 pages
...when men wont to watch On duty, fleeping found by whom they dread, Roufe and beftir themfelves e'er well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Vet to their General's voice they (oon obey'd, Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's Con,...
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...bottom of this gulf. Awake, arise, or be for ever fall'n. 330 They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On...well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight 335 In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their gen'ral's voice they soon obey'd...
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Paradise lost, a poem. With the life of the author [by E. Fenton].

John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty, sleeping found hy whom they dread. Rouse and hestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive...plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feelj Yet to their general's voice they soon ohey'd Innumerahle. As when the potent rod Of Amram's...
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Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711

John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...bottom of this gulf. Awake, arise, or be for ever fall'n. 330 THEY heard, and were abash 'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse rind bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight 335 ID which they...
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A Rhetorical Grammar: In which the Common Improprieties in Reading and ...

John Walker - 1801 - 424 pages
...angels as sensible of the misery of their state, while they are gathering round their leader, he says, Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel. The words not in this passage must necessarily have the emphasis with the rising inflexion, as this...
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Select British Classics, Volume 14

1803 - 372 pages
...Grsecisms, and sometimes Hebraisms, into the language of his poem ; as towards the beginning of it. jfor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they...feel. Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd. ....~«fa Who shall tempt with wand'ring feet The dark unbottom'd infinite abyss. And through the palpable...
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The Secretary, and Complete Letter Writer: Containing a Collection of ...

1803 - 268 pages
...negatives make an affirmative; as, " Thou shalt not have none, is the same as Thou shall have some." 11 Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel." MILTON. It contributes much to the perspicuity and elegance of a phrase, to place the preposition before...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...G racisms, and sometimes Hebraisms, into the language of his poem ; as towards the beginning of it, Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which...they were, or the fierce pains not feel, Yet to their gen' ral's voice they soon obey'd. Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark unbottom'd infinite...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...jiir.1 i. To put into vigorous action. It is seldom used otherwise than with the reciprocal pronoun. As when men wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouze and bcttir themselves ere well awake. Mitt* Bestirs her then, and from each tender stalk Whatever...
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