 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
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...ambition, war, or violence; By deeds of peace, by wisdom eminent, By patience, temperance. Milton. Much of the soul they talk, but all awry, And in themselves...to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none. Milton. Thus the fond moth around the taper plays, And sports and flutters in the treacherous blaze;... | |
 | John Milton - 1854 - 534 pages
...— " 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? " Much of... | |
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 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,...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.... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...boasts he can, For all bis tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle sh1fts conviction to evade. Alas! what can they teach and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves,...to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give none, Bather accuse him under usual names, Fortune and Fate, as one regardless quite Of mortal things. Who... | |
 | Christian year - 1855 - 364 pages
...boasts he can; For all his feeble talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shift conviction to evade. Alas ! what can they teach and not mislead, Ignorant of themselves,...himself, on grace depending ; Much of the soul they tali, but all awrv, And in themselves seek virtue, and to themselves All glory arrogate, to God give... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 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 mach more, *• And how the world began, and how man fell Degraded by himself, on grace depending?'... | |
 | Robert B. M. Binning - Iran - 1857 - 456 pages
...what Milton has described of the Stoic philosophers : — " Ignorant of themselves, of God much more Much of the soul they talk, but all awry And in themselves seek virtue : to themselves All glory arrogate, and to God give none." f One of the Soofee doctors has declared... | |
 | John Murray Mitchell - Apologetics - 1857 - 224 pages
...corporal pleasure he, and careless ease; The Stoic last in philosophic pride, By him called \visd om.— Much of the soul they talk, but all awry; And in themselves seek wisdom; and to themselves All glory arrogate—to God give none.t The morality of Greece did not improve... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 424 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...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... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 574 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,. And how the world began, ami how man felt Degraded by himself, on grace depending 1 Much of the soul they talk, but all awry,... | |
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