Beauties and Achievements of the BlindDescribes some of the great accomplishments of individuals who were blind. |
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... divine image , though sin may have blotted and mutilated its form . The whole field of science does not open up to the mind a more pleasing subject for contemplation , or one fraught with more intense interest , than the study of its ...
... divine image , though sin may have blotted and mutilated its form . The whole field of science does not open up to the mind a more pleasing subject for contemplation , or one fraught with more intense interest , than the study of its ...
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... but not to me returns Day , or the sweet approach of even or morn , Or sight of vernal bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human face divine ; But cloud instead , and ever - during dark Surrounds OSSIAN . 37.
... but not to me returns Day , or the sweet approach of even or morn , Or sight of vernal bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human face divine ; But cloud instead , and ever - during dark Surrounds OSSIAN . 37.
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... divine poem was licensed for the press , and published first at London , in 1667 . To show how little the age in which Milton lived was worthy of so great a genius , we need only mention that on the completion of this great work , the ...
... divine poem was licensed for the press , and published first at London , in 1667 . To show how little the age in which Milton lived was worthy of so great a genius , we need only mention that on the completion of this great work , the ...
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... strains sublime Break over me unsought . Give me now my lyre ! I feel the stirrings of a gift divine : Within my bosom glows unearthly fire Lit by no skill of mine . REV RICHARD LUCAS , D. D. THERE is no other MILTON . 51.
... strains sublime Break over me unsought . Give me now my lyre ! I feel the stirrings of a gift divine : Within my bosom glows unearthly fire Lit by no skill of mine . REV RICHARD LUCAS , D. D. THERE is no other MILTON . 51.
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... divine was of Welsh origin , the son of Mr. Richard Lucas , of Resteign , in Radnorshire , England , and was born in that county in the year 1648. He early evinced a strong desire for know- ledge Rev Richard Lucas, D D ,
... divine was of Welsh origin , the son of Mr. Richard Lucas , of Resteign , in Radnorshire , England , and was born in that county in the year 1648. He early evinced a strong desire for know- ledge Rev Richard Lucas, D D ,
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Page 56 - Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Page 45 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 52 - Purification in the old law did save, And such, as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind. Her face was...
Page 46 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 58 - Thy sinless land, Which eye hath never seen. Visions come and go; Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng, From angel lips I seem to hear the flow Of soft and holy song.
Page 56 - Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature, and, perhaps, her grave, Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire, But all these in their pregnant causes mix'd Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight, Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials to create more worlds...
Page 48 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave. But thou thyself movest alone: who can be a companion of thy course!
Page 59 - Which eye hath never seen, Visions come and go ; Shapes of resplendent beauty round me throng, From angel lips I seem to hear the flow Of soft and holy song. It is nothing now, When heaven is opening on my sightless eyes, When airs from Paradise refresh my brow, The earth in darkness lies.
Page 33 - But, ah! permit to pity human state: If not to help, at least lament their fate. From fields forbidden we submiss refrain, With arms unaiding mourn our Argives slain; Yet grant my counsels still their breasts may move, Or all must perish in the wrath of Jove.
Page 56 - Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand : For Hot, Cold, Moist, and Dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery, and to battle bring Their embryon atoms ; they around the flag Of each his faction...