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 1201850Full view - About this book
 | Blackie and son, ltd - 1880 - 406 pages
...separated from the people by special vows. See Numbers, chap. vi. 1 Judges, chap. liii. 3 and 9. 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 in my hair. But peace!... | |
 | John Milton - 1880 - 654 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, imw'pl^y, hurdgnsnmg, ^iif'^f-1/ Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties ; not made... | |
 | Mormons - 1889 - 516 pages
...power. If you ever doubted that man such power could wield, read from Milton this beautiful stanza: What is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? Vast, unwieldy, burdensome. God when he gave me strength, to show withal, How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. Jos. M.... | |
 | John Milton - 1881 - 590 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...is strength without a double share Of wisdom? vast, unwieldly, burdensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties, not made to rule,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...Sh. M.for M. n. 2. 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. 53. STRIKES. A mechanic his labour will often discard If the rate of his pay he dislikes... | |
 | John Milton - 1881 - 894 pages
...silence could not keep, But weakly to a woman must reveal it, 50 O'ercome with importunity and tears. 0 impotence of mind in body strong ! But what is strength...without a double share Of wisdom ? vast, unwieldy, burthensome, Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties, not made to rule, But to subserve... | |
 | John Milton - 1882 - 438 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...rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. God, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1882 - 418 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...rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. Go3, when he gave me strength, to show withal How slight the gift was, hung it in my hair. But peace... | |
 | John Milton - 1882 - 448 pages
...must reveal it, ,o О ereomc with importunity and tears ? O impotence of mind in body strong i Hut what is strength without a double share Of wisdom...Proudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties i not made to rule, But to subserve where wisdom bears command. God, when he gave me strength, to show... | |
 | Lorenzo Sawyer, United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - District courts - 1882 - 716 pages
..."denotes something external which may befall us." As an illustration he quotes the lines from Milton : But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? Vast, unwieldy, burdensome, I'roudly secure, yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties. In The Rainier, 1 Deady, 440, this court... | |
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