CVRIAC, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue... The Life of John Milton - Page 389by Charles Symmons - 1810 - 646 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 312 pages
...cheered only by the prophetic faith of two or three solitary individuals, he did nevertheless • " Argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bore up and steer'd Right onward." D2 From others only do we derive our knowledge that Milton, in his... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 570 pages
...and quotes from a sonnet of Milton — Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will ; nor bate one jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up, and steer Right onwfird.— Three Discourses, 306. RELIGION. " Religion, viewed at a proper point of sight, " hath... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or...thou ask ? The conscience, Friend, to' have lost them overIn liberty's defence, my noble task, [plied Of which all Europe rings from side to side. This thought... | |
| John Milton - 1820 - 482 pages
...additionally cheered, yet cheered only by the prophetic faith of two or three individuals, he did nevertheless Argue not " Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot " Of heart or hope ; but still bore up and steer'd " Right onward." From others only do we derive our knowledge that Milton in his... | |
| 1834 - 580 pages
...cheered, yet cheered only by the prophetic faith of two or three individuals, he did, nevertheless, — ' Argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot . Of heart or hope ; but still bore up, and steer'd Kight onward.' From others only do we derive our knowledge that Milton, in his... | |
| 1876 - 1204 pages
...forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or...defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings Irom side to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask, Content though blind,... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 612 pages
...forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or...supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend, t' have lost them overply'd In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe talks from side... | |
| 1822 - 592 pages
...forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Of man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or...supports me, dost thou ask • The conscience, Friend, t have lost them overply'd In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe talks from side... | |
| 1822 - 600 pages
...forgot, Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Of man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Kight onward What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend, t* have lost them overply'd... | |
| Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1822 - 598 pages
...appear Bereft of light their seeing have forgot, Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or...jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer The conscience, Friend, t' have lost them overply'd Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ?... | |
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