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What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 22) [God] Farewell, happy fields, Where joy forever dwells; hail horrors! - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 249) [Farewell] Hail, horrors, hail, Infernal world! and thou profoundest hell, Receive thy new possessor. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 251) [Hell] The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 254) [Mind] Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 263) [Hell] Here may we reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 263) [Ambition] Heard so oft In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 275) [War] Awake, arise, or be forever fall'n! - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 330) [Action] The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile, Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 34) [Devil] For spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 423) [Apparitions] Execute their aery purposes. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 430) [Action] . . . And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 500) [Intemperance : Night] Th' imperial ensign, which, full high advanc'd, Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind. With gems and golden lustre rich emblazed, Seraphic arms and trophies. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 536) [War] The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 536) [Flags] Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds, At which the universal host up sent A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 540) [Sound] As far as angel's ken. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 59) [Angels : Proverbial Phrases] His form had yet not lost All his original brightness, not appear'd Less than arch-angel ruined, and th' excess Of glory obscured. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 591) [Devil] Dim eclipse, disastrous twilight. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 597) [Twilight] In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 597) [Change] A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace, flamed; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; but torture without end. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 61) [Hell] Thrice he assay'd, and, thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 619) [Tears] Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 62) [Darkness] Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 648) [Proverbs : Victory] Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 65) [Hope] Mammon led them on-- Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven: for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific. - Paradise Lost (bk. I, l. 678) [Mammon] Displaying page 17 of 30 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 [17] 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
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