Lives of the English Poets : Waller, Milton, Cowley by Samuel Johnson
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Conscience. Adam.
Death. Eve. Labour, } Conscience. Sickness, } Labour, } Discontent, } Mutes. Sickness, } Ignorance, } Discontent, } Mutes with others;} Ignorance, } Faith. Fear, } Hope. Death, } Charity. Faith. Hope. Charity. PARADISE LOST. The Persons. Moses, [Greek text], recounting how he assumed his true body; that it corrupts not, because it is with God in the mount; declares the like of Enoch and Elijah; besides the purity of the place, that certain pure winds, dews, and clouds, preserve it from corruption; whence exhorts to the sight of God; tells they cannot see Adam in the state of innocence, by reason of their sin. Justice, } Mercy, } debating what should become of man, if he fall. Wisdom, } Chorus of Angels singing a hymn of the Creation. ACT II. |
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