第57节

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    hhatefullestdisrelishhedtheirjaws,

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    theytriuhedoncelapsed.thushey

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    yearlyenjoined,sosay,toundergo,

    thisannualhuliainnuereddays,

    paradiselost

    301of374

    todashtheirpride,andjoy,fornseduced.

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    onhispalehorse:tosinthusbegan.

    sendofsatansprung,allnquerih

    pirenohougheaed

    htraveldifficult,erfar

    thanstillathellsdarkthresholdtohavesatch,

    unnad,undreaded,andthyselfhalfstarved

    thusthesinbonsteransweredsoon.

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    alikeishell,orparadise,orheaven;

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    totheihusreplied.

    thouthereforeontheseherbs,andfruits,andflowers,

    feedfirst;oneachbeast,andfish,andfowl;

    noholyrselsahing

    paradiselost

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    thesitheoftiwsdown,devourunspared;

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    histhoughts,hislooks,ions,alli;

    andseasonhihylastaprey.

    thissaid,theybothbetooktheeveralways,

    bothtodestroy,oruniortalke

    allkinds,andfordestruature

    soonerorlater;ightyseeing,

    froistransdehesaintsang,

    tothhtordersutteredthushisvoice.

    see,hheatthesedogsofhelladvance

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    soodcreated;andhadstill

    keptinthatstate,hadnotthefollyofn

    letinthesepute

    follyto;sodoththeprinceofhell

    andhisadherents,thatuchease

    isuffertheoenterandpossess

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    thatlaugh,asif,transportedefit

    ofpassion,itotheadquittedall,

    atrandoieldeduptotheirsrule;

    andknothither,

    hellhounds,tolickupthedraffandfilth

    anspollutingsinhtainthathshed

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    hsuckedandgluttedoffal,atonesling

    ofthyvi,wellpleasingson,

    paradiselost

    303of374

    bothsin,ah,andyalast,

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    forever,andsealuphisravenousjaws.

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    tosanctity,thatshallreceivenostain:

    tillthen,thecursepronounbothprecedes.

    heended,andtheheavenlyaudienceloud

    sunghalleluiah,asthesoundofseas,

    throughltitudethatsung:justarethyways,

    righteousarethydecreesonallthyworks;

    eheeotheson,

    destiorerofnkind,by

    nehshalltotheagesrise,

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    assortedbesthpresentthings.thesun

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    paradiselost

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    thepolesofearth,tore,

    frohesunsaxle;theyhlabourpushed

    obliquetheesay,thesun

    theequinoctialroad

    likedistahtotaurushtheseven

    atlanticksisters,andthespartantwins,

    uptothetropirab:thencedoain

    byleo,andthevirgin,andthescales,

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    ofseasonstoeali;elsehadthespring

    perpetualsledohhveantflowers,

    equalindaysandnights,excepttothose

    beyondthepolarday

    hadunbenightedshone,helowsun,

    torepensehisdistaheirsight

    hadrouillthehorizon,andnotknown

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    hisurseintended;else,hoheworld

    inhabited,thoughsinless,rethannow,

    avoidedpingldandsrgheat

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    paradiselost

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    andsnoygustandflaw,

    boreas,andias,andargestesloud,

    andthrascias,rendtheu;

    frohesouth

    notus,andaferblackhthunderousclouds

    froerralionthofthese,asfierce,

    forthrushthelevantandthepowinds,

    eurusandzephyr,htheirlateralnoise,

    sirodlibehio.thusbegan

    efroifelessthings;butdisrdfirst,

    daughterofsin,angtheirrational

    deathintroduced,throughfiertipathy:

    beastganhfowl,

    andfishhfish;tograzetheherballleaving,

    devouredeauawe

    ofn,butfledhior,,

    glaredonhiassing.thesehout

    thegroiseries,saw

    alreadyinpart,thoughhid

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