 Alas ! what can they teach, and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves, of God much more, And how the world began, and how man fell Degraded by himself, on grace depending?  The Southern Review - Page 16edited by - 1867Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1707 - 480 pages
...fubtle mifts conviftion to evade. Alas what can they teach, and not mifs-leadj Ignorant of themfelves* of God much more* And how the world began, and how man fell Degraded by himfelf, on grace depending? Much of the Soul they talk, but all awry, And In themfelves feek virtue,... | |
 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...boasts he can, For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. Alas, what can they teach, and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves, of God much more, 310 And how the world began, and how man fell Degraded by himself, on grace depending t Much of the... | |
 | 1869
...grasp of intellect, in knowledge of Scripture, in due maintenance of free thought, is, — " Alas, what can they teach, and not mislead, Ignorant of...to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none ;• Who therefore seeks in these True wisdom, finds her not ; or by delusion, Far worse, her false... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...wit abused, rather to feign reason »hy it should be amiss, than how it should be amended. Sidney. Much of the soul they talk, but all awry, And in themselves seek virtue, and to tncmselvci All glory arrogate, to God give none. Milton. Alt. nj [eax, acr^Sax. ascia, Lat.] An instrument... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...boasts he can, For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. Alas, what can they teach, and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves, of God much more, 318 And how the world began, and how man fell Degraded by himself, on grace depending ? Much of the... | |
 | John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809 - 544 pages
...fpinofuiu potius, iliffercndi genus." Cicero, De Fin. Hi. 1. DUNSTER. Vcr. 310. Ignorant of the mfdves, of God much more, And how the -world began, and how man fell Degraded by himftlf, on grace depending ?] Having drawn'moft accurately the character of the Stoick philofopher,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. Alas 1 what can tbey teach, and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves, of...to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none; Rather accuse him under usual names, Fortune and Fate, as one regardless quite Of mortal things. Who... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...boasts he For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, [can, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. Alas 4 what can they teach and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves,...And in themselves seek virtue; and to themselves All .elory arrogate, to God give none; Rather accuse him under usual names, Forttme and Fate, as one regardless... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...boasts he can, For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. Alas ! what can they teach, and not mislead, Ignorant of...began, and how man fell Degraded by himself, on grace dependingj Much of the soul they talk, but all awry, And in themselves seek virtue, and to themselves... | |
 | Paul Wright - 1810 - 508 pages
...therefore, Milton, who knew them well, spoke neither rashly nor too severely, when he said j Alas ! what can they teach, and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves, of God much more ? Much of the soul they talk, but all awry ; And in themselves seek virtue, and to themselves .All... | |
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