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...Moribus Germanorum. Upon the same account, I esteem the following passage equally exceptionable. — The fiend look'd up, and knew His mounted scale aloft; nor more, but fled Murm'ring, and with him fled the shades of night. Paradise Lost, b. iv. at the end. There is no natural...

..." Had not soon The Eternal, to prevent such horrid fray, Hung forth in heaven his golden scales." " The fiend look'd up and knew His mounted scale aloft...Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night." But in the interview which Miss Barrett describes between Gabriel and Lucifer, no such headlong propensity...

...De Moribus Germanorum. Upon the same account, I esteem the following passage equally exceptionable. The fiend look'd up, and knew His mounted scale aloft; nor more, but fled Murm'ring, and with him fled the shades of night. Paradise Lost, b. 4. at the end. There is no natural...

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...Than Heav'n permits, nor mine, though doubled now To trample thee as mire ; for proof look up, 1010 And read thy lot in yon celestial sign, Where thou art weigh'd, and shewn bow light, how weak, If thou resist." The Fiend look'd up, and knew His mounted scale aloft :...

...more Than Heaven permits, nor mine ; though doubled To trample thee as mire : for proof look up, [now And read thy lot in yon celestial sign ; Where thou...Murmuring ; and with him fled the shades of night. END OF BOOK Iv. BOOK V. argument. Morning approached, Eve relates to Adam her troublesome dream : he...