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" 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... "
The British Essayists - Page 237
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...His mighty stature; on each hand the flames Driv'nbackward slope their pointing spires, and roll'd In billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. Then...steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air Tint felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever burn'd With solid,...
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Paradise Lost: With Notes, Selected from Newton and Others, to ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...and roll'd In billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. Jh^i/ A- S.Jtmnr, m, 1***-** Jt~ Mart* tr}^ Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air . • 226 That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever burn'd With...
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Paradise lost, a poem. With the life of the author [by E. Fenton].

John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...each hand the llames Driv'n hackward slope their pointing spires, and roll'il In hillows, leave 1' th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumhent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights, if it were land that...
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Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711

John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...His mighty stature ; on each hand the names ' Driv'n backward slope their pointed spires, and roll'd In billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight 225 Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were...
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Select British Classics, Volume 14

1803 - 372 pages
...hand the flumes Priv'n backward slope their pointing spires, and rollM In bi'Jows, leave i'th, miilst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers...the dusky air That felt unusual weight ....*..,. his pond'rons shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large and ronnd. Behind him cast ; the broad circumference...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...the flames Driv'n backward slope their pointing spires, and rowl'd In billows, leave i' th' inidit a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers...felt unusual weight His pond'rous shield, Ethereal temper'd, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

1806 - 408 pages
...the flames, . , ; Driv'n backward, slope their pointing spires, and, roll'd In billows, leave i'th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers...flight .' • > Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, i That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it weres land that ever burn'd With solid,...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...His mighty stature ; on each hand the flames Driv'n hackward slope their pointing spires, and roll'd In billows, leave i' th' midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight 2?5 Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air T'hat felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it...
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The Spectator, Volume 5

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 306 pages
...His mighty stature ; on each hand the flames Driv'n backward slope ther pointing spires, and roll'd In billows, leave i" th' midst a horrid vale. Then...That felt unusual weight • His pond'rous shield Bthereral temper, massy, large and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders...
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Paradise Lost, and the Fragment of a Commentary upon it by William Cowper

William Hayley - 1810 - 484 pages
...each hand the flames, Driven backward,slope their pointing spires and roll 'd In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers...incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever burn'd With solid, as the lake with liquid fire;...
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