Paradise Lost Book 9 Quotes - Page 4

• Who overcomes by force, hath overcome but half his foe.

  John Milton

  Powerful, Military, War

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 648

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• His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle.

  John Milton

  Support, Steps, Burning

  'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 1, l. 292

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• Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they only stand By ignorance? Is that their happy state, The proof of their obedience and their faith? O fair foundation laid whereon to build Their ruin!

  John Milton

  Ignorance, Knowledge, Envy

  John Milton, Elijah Fenton (1795). “Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books”, p.103

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• Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd
  Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind.

  John Milton

  Wind, Meteors, Streaming

  John Milton, John Rice (1766). “Paradise Lost ... With notes of various authors, by John Rice”, p.29

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• To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.

  John Milton

  Inspirational, Rolling, Cherubs

  John Milton (1758). “Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained...”, p.14

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