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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 132
by Encyclopaedia - 1845
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - 1831 - 418 pages
...his breast, as well might recommend Such solitude before choicest society. Full forty days he pass'd, whether on hill Sometimes, anon on shady vale, each...ancient oak, Or cedar, to defend him from the dew, Or harbor'd in one cave, is not reveal'd ; Nor tasted human food, not Ytung&t fe\\ 112 MILTON. Till...
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 1

Anniversary calendar - 1832 - 548 pages
...KffXVIII. FEBRUARY. faK forty days be passed; whether OB htn Sometimes, anon on shady vale, each mght Under the covert of some ancient oak, Or cedar, to defend him from the dew.— ParaAiir Rryainetl. 8rts. ASH WEDNESDAY, begins the great and primitive bst of forty days, instituted...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Volume 78

1836 - 422 pages
...English poet and patriot, acknowledges and adopts this fact, when he says— " Full forty days he passed, whether on hill Sometimes, anon on shady vale, each...ancient oak, Or cedar, to defend him from the dew." HOAR-FEOST. Hoar-frost is produced by the congelation of the dew which has been deposited upon bodies....
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The Earth: Its Physical Condition and Most Remarkable Phenomena

William Mullinger Higgins - 1836 - 514 pages
...English poet and patriot, acknowledges and adopts this fact, wnen he says— " Full forty days he passed, whether on hill Sometimes, anon on shady vale, each...ancient oak, Or cedar, to defend him from the dew." HOAR-FROST. Hoar-frost is produced by the congelation of the dew which has been deposited upon bodies....
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The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins

1836 - 558 pages
...Such solitude before choicest society. Full forty days he passed, whether on hill Sometimes, anon in shady vale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak. Or cedar, to defend him from the dew, Or harboured in one cave, is not revealed ; Nor tasted human food, nor hunger felt, Till those days...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1842 - 980 pages
...breast, as well might recommend Such solitude before choicest society". Full forty days he pass'd, whether on hill Sometimes", anon on shady vale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak Ms Or cedar* to defend him from the dew 1 , pro temporum ratione : nam quid aliud est, ai verba non...
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The Poetical Works, of John Milton: With a Memoir and Seven Embellishments

John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...breast, as well might recommend Such solitude, before choicest society. Full forty days he pass'd, whether on hill Sometimes, anon on shady vale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak, 305 Or cedar, to defend him from the dew, Or harbour'd in one cave, is not reveal'd; Nor tasted human...
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The dew-drop and the mist; or, An account of the nature, properties, dangers ...

Charles Tomlinson - 1847 - 132 pages
...the following lines:— " Full forty days he passed, whether on hill Sometimes, anon on shady rale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak, Or cedar, to defend him from the dew." Paradise Regained. But it may often happen, from the arrangement of the branches of a tree, that the...
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The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: Together with a ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton - 1850 - 570 pages
...Such solitude before choicest society. Full forty days he pass'd, whether on hill Sometimes, anon in shady vale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak, Or cedar, to defend him from the dew, Or harbour'd in lone cave, is not reveal'd; Nor tasted human food, nor hunger felt Till those days...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1852 - 424 pages
...Such solitude before choicest society. Full forty days he pass'd, whether on hill Sometimes, anon in shady vale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak, Or cedar, to defend him from the dew, Or harbour'd in one cave, is not reveal'd; Nor tasted human food nor hunger felt, Till those days ended;...
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