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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author - Page 451
by John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806
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The History of France, from the Accession of Henry the Third, in ..., Volume 4

Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - 1814 - 466 pages
...of the first Book of " Para" dise Lost," where he describes the sun, ** from behind the moon beheld In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarclis." n De Thou, p. 134.; vol. xp 115 and p. 667. ° La Noue, p. 8 — n. f De Thou, vol. vii....
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The history of France, from the accession of Henry the third, to ..., Volume 4

sir Nathaniel William Wraxall (1st bart.) - 1814 - 482 pages
..." Paraif dise Lost," where he describes the sun, i 11 produced t « from behind the moon beheld la dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarch?." " De Thou, p. 134.; yol.xp»i5 andp.667. 8 La Noue, p. 8—11. * De Thou, vol. vii. p. 593-...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1

Hugh Blair - 1815 - 582 pages
...appear'd Less than archangel ruiuM ; and tin- excess Or glory obscurM : as when the sun, new risen, L»oks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams...sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Verplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' archangel Here concur a variety of sources...
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Scientific Dialogues, Volume 1

Jeremiah Joyce - 1815 - 388 pages
...the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind tile moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. .LCONVERSATION XXXVIT. Of the Tides. TUTOR. We will proceed to the constderation of the ides, or the...
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Select Pieces in Verse and Prose, Volume 1

John Bowdler - 1816 - 374 pages
...her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ; darkened so, yet shone Above them all th' archangel : but his face 188 •••!.< - • Deep scars...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 pages
...other trivial objections suspected treason in the noble simile, I. 594 : As when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.' This grand production of genius, which does honour to human nature, having at length surmounted these...
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The British Nepos; or, Youth's mirror: lives of illustrious Britons

William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...fancied treason in the following noble simile: As when the sun new-risen Looks through the hopizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchr. Having overcome this obstacle, Milton sold the cop/right for five pounds ready money, five...
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An Introduction to Astronomy ...

John Bonnycastle - 1816 - 490 pages
...in the Paradise Lost. "As when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of hig beams, or from behind the moon In dim eclipse disastrous...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs : darkened so, yet shone Above them all th' Arch-Angel." In China, where astronomy is made subservient...
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The History of the Puritans, Or Protestant Non-conformists: With ..., Volume 4

Daniel Neal - 1817 - 564 pages
...had like to have been suppressed. " As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal mysty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon In...dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On 'half the nation, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchies." r Stanhope on the Rights of Juries, p. 64, &c....
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The History of the Puritans, Or Protestant Non-conformists: With ..., Volume 4

Daniel Neal - 1817 - 564 pages
...suppressed. " As when the sun, new ri«en, Looks through the horizontal mysty air Shorn of his heams ; or from behind the moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nation, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchies," Stanhope on the Rights of Juries, p. 6i, &c....
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