John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| John Milton. (1608–1674) |
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| Of Man’s first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe. |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 1. |
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| Or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa’s brook, that flow’d Fast by the oracle of God. |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 10. |
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| Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme. |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 16. |
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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 may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22. |
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| As far as angels’ ken. |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 59. |
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| Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible. |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 62. |
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| Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all. |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 65. |
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| What though the field be lost? All is not lost; th’ unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield. |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 105. |
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| To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering. |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 157. |
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| And out of good still to find means of evil. |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 165. |
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| Farewell happy fields, Where joy forever dwells: hail, horrors! |
| Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 249. |
| Note 1. But vindicate the ways of God to man.—Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, epistle i. line 16. [back] |