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" O impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom; vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties; not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. "
The English Journal of Education - Page 120
1850
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The British Poets, Volume 3

1866 - 376 pages
...bereft me, Under the seal of silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, so O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind in...without a double share Of wisdom? vast, unwieldy, burthensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall a By weakest subtleties, not made to rule, But to subserve...
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Samson Agonistes

John Milton - 1867 - 224 pages
...fíóvov. Tí S" av TÍÇ ovv ovaiTO TI}Ç p<ó/iт;ç fíóvov, тгеXшpu ) Trepnrecraiv àvtaфе\eî, Of wisdom ? vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure,...rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. God, when he gave me strength, to shew withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace...
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Dictionary of Quotations from the English Poets

Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...for #• "• * What is strength, without a double share Of wisdom ? Vast, unwieldy, burthensome ; Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties...rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. Milton, Sam. Ag- » STBIKES. A mechanic his labour will often discard If the rate of his pay he dislikes...
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English Synonymes Classified and Explained: With Practical Exercises ...

George Frederick Graham, Henry Reed - English language - 1867 - 360 pages
...are generally strong men. • [Boling. Strong as a tower in hope, I cry—amen! Richard II., i. 3 0 impotence of mind, in body strong! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom? Samson Agon., 52. Alas! when evil men are strong No life is good, no pleasure long WORDSWORTH. ' Song...
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Miltoni Samson Agonistes. Græce reddidit Georgius, Baro Lyttelton, etc ...

John Milton - 1867 - 220 pages
...silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, 50 O'ercome with importunity and tears. О impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share yêkoiov вavfí ; àvay/caícp Secrfíotч тe ^aX/céotow, è^avr\eîv тTÍWOV, èч Tovff Virrjp^e...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: To which is Prefixed a Biography of the ...

John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...bereft me. Under the seal of silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in...rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command! God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in1 my hair. But peace...
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Milton's Samson agonistes and Lycidas, with notes etc., by J. Hunter, Volume 45

John Milton - 1870 - 116 pages
...which it was lodged. But weakly to a woman must reveal it, 5o O'ercome with importunity and tears. 0 impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength...unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall 55 By weakest subtleties ; not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. God, when...
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English poems, ed. with life, intr. and selected notes by R.C. Browne, Volume 2

John Milton - 1870 - 352 pages
...bereft me, Under the seal of silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, 50 O'ercome with importunity and tears. O impotence of mind, in...strength, without a double share Of wisdom ? vast, unwieldly, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall 55 By weakest subtleties ; not made to rule,...
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The Odes, Epodes, and Satires of Horace

Horace - 1870 - 442 pages
...o'er him still doth sit ; Pirithous, too, lies fetter'd, limb to limb By chains three hundred knit. But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom...unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall. Samson Agonist es, 53. ODE V. THE PRAISE OF VALOUR. 'HEN through the heavens his thunders blare, We...
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The complete poetical works of John Milton. With life of the author; and dr ...

John Milton - Fall of man - 1870 - 600 pages
...silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, O'ercome with importunity and tears. 0 impotence of mind, in body strong ! But what is strength without a double shsie Of wisdom ? vast, unwieldy, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties,...
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