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...their stalely growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing , and half...With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice heassay'd, and thrice, in spite ofscoru, Tears , such as angels weep , burst forth ; at last Words...

...minds, something of mortal interest, when he is thus represented by the poet : " Thrice he assayed, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth." If Milton failed in this respect, he failed only where success was impossible.* " Lord Bacon" is a...

...He now prepared To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words, interwove...

...Shalt in the sky appear. Milton's Par. Lost, book Ш. -He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubl'd ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose...round With all his Peers : attention held them mute. book ¡, -Thy words Attentive, and with more delightful earc, Divine instructor, I have heard, then...

...He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice, in spite of scorn, > Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words,...

...embracing them, besought His peace." Mark also Satan's attempt to address the legions of Hell:— " Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way." Comment upon this fine passage would be...

...stately growth, though bare Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared 615 To speak ; whereat, their doubled ranks they bend, From wing to wing, and half...all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he essay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. At last 620 Words,...

...wing, and half enclose him round With all hia peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he aasay'd ; a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition 1 ; at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way. [The Garden of Eden.] [From the same.]...

...He now prepar'd To speak : whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'«! ; and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tean, inch as angels weep, burst forth ; at last Words,...