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" whether on hill .. Sometimes, anon on shady vale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak, Or cedar, to defend him from the Dew. "
Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of knowledge, ed. by E ... - Page 132
by Encyclopaedia - 1845
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The Complete Poems of John Milton Written in English, with Introduction ...

John Milton - 1909 - 480 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 - 1912 - 586 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 humane food, nor hunger felt Till those days...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1917 - 700 pages
...choicest society. Full forty days he passed— whether on hill Sometimes, anon in shady vale, eacli 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 Poems of John Milton: English, Latin, Greek & Italian, Volume 1

John Milton - 1925 - 442 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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Miscellaneous poems. Paradise regain'd. Samson Agonistes

John Milton - 1926 - 380 pages
...Society. Full forty days hepass'd, whether on hill Sometimes, anon in shady vale, each night JL 4 ^j Under the covert of some ancient Oak, Or Cedar, to defend him from tbe dew, Or harbour'din one Cave, is not reveal'd; Nor tatted humane food, nor lunger felt Till those...
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Notes and Queries

1906 - 664 pages
...significance of at other times. In the first. book of ‘Paradise Regained' we find 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. WALTER JERROLD, Hampton-on-Thames. Full forty days He passed—whether...
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Milton, Poet of Exile

Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 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. . . [1.294—307] We can recognize the voice and the manner...
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The Works of John Milton: With an Introduction and Bibliography

John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...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 Major Works

John Milton - 2003 - 1012 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, so defend him from the dew, Or harboured in one cave, is not revealed; Nor tasted human food, nor hunger...
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Milton's Places of Hope: Spiritual and Political Connections of Hope with Land

Mary C. Fenton - 2006 - 254 pages
...however, that Jesus nonetheless passes his 40 days some of the time, and each night, "in shady vale," and "Under the covert of some ancient Oak, / Or Cedar, to defend him from the dew, / Or harbour'd in one Cave" (1.304—7). The terrain of this wilderness is varied and complex, and...
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