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Page 71
... human manners till the Fall , it can give little assistance to human conduct . Its end is to raise the thoughts above sublunary cares or pleasures . Yet the praise of that fortitude , with which Abdiel maintained his singularity of ...
... human manners till the Fall , it can give little assistance to human conduct . Its end is to raise the thoughts above sublunary cares or pleasures . Yet the praise of that fortitude , with which Abdiel maintained his singularity of ...
Page 73
... human beings there are but two ; but those two are the parents of mankind , venerable before their fall for dignity and innocence , and amiable after it for repentance and submission . In their first state their affection is tender ...
... human beings there are but two ; but those two are the parents of mankind , venerable before their fall for dignity and innocence , and amiable after it for repentance and submission . In their first state their affection is tender ...
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... human imagination can at least conceive , and poetical terrour such as human strength and fortitude may combat . The good and evil of Eternity are too ponderous for the wings of wit ; the mind sinks under them in passive helplessness ...
... human imagination can at least conceive , and poetical terrour such as human strength and fortitude may combat . The good and evil of Eternity are too ponderous for the wings of wit ; the mind sinks under them in passive helplessness ...
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Milton | 15 |
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