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Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate.

Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate.

John Milton
Fate, Chance, Approach
'Paradise Lost' (1667) bk. 7, l. 172

And sing to those that hold the vital shears; And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.

John Milton
Fate, Men, Shears
John Milton (1862). “The Poetical Works of John Milton”, p.602

In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.

John Milton
Sweet, Song, Fate
John Milton, Henry John Todd (1826). “The poetical works of John Milton: With notes of various authors”, p.146

Fate shall yield To fickle Chance, and Chaos judge the strife.

John Milton
Fate, Yield, Judging
John Milton (1866). “Milton's Paradise Lost”, p.34

By a certain fate, great acts, and great eloquence have most commonly gone hand in hand, equalling and honoring each other in the same ages.

John Milton
Fate, Greatness, Hands
John Milton (1866). “Treasures from the prose writings of John Milton”, p.389

He left it in thy power, ordaind thy will By nature free, not over-rul'd by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity.

John Milton
Fate, Strict, Left
John Milton (1773). “The First Six Books of Milton's Paradise Lost: Rendered Into Grammatical Construction ... with Notes Grammatical, Geographical, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory. To which are Prefixed Remarks on Ellipsis and Transposition ...”, p.351

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