| Henry Horne (jr) - 1824 - 252 pages
...where the demons are represented dispersed in picturesque parties, playing the devil in earnest: ' Others apart, sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high.' " This is the Bank of England, which our old ladies, who deposit their hoards there,... | |
| 1827 - 496 pages
...mouths of " angels fallen," who, apart from their more active fellows, " sat on a hill retired," " and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will,...absolute. And found no end in wandering mazes lost. * * * * Vain wisdom all and false philosophy." These schools of philosophy, of which the immortal bard... | |
| 1825 - 830 pages
...subject of interminable discussion to the spirits of Pandemonium ; where " ' Others apart sat on a bill retired. In thoughts more elevate and reasoned high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fixt fate, free-will, foreknowledge abnoliite, Aud found no cud, iu wandering mazes lost.' " But... | |
| John Thomas James (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1825 - 416 pages
...portion of the employment of the lost and afflicted spirits in Pandemonium. O.-lt n :. ; ....i.; .. .. . Others apart sat on a hill retired, 'In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high . \.i Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...ravishment The thronging audienee. In diseourse more sweet (For eloquenee the soul, song eharms the sense) l of thunder. Hark, hark, the horrid sound Has rais'd up his head reason'd high Of providenee, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute,... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1825 - 288 pages
...condemned spirits, without that cast of horror and melancholy he had so judiciously mingled with them. Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute... | |
| 1826 - 576 pages
...discussion, and which might well have deterred him from the farther prosecution of the subject : " Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more...reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will and Fate ; Fix'd Fate, Free-Will, Foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." We are... | |
| 1826 - 590 pages
...retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will and Fate j Fix'd Fate, Free- Will, Foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." We are next introduced to another topic, which, strange to say, seems to have as little connection... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 318 pages
...The thronging audience. In discouriJe more sweet (For eloquence the soul, song charma the sense,) 556 Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reaeon'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute... | |
| 1827 - 294 pages
...564 The thronging audience. In discourse more sweet, (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense,) Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more...absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then, 562 Of happiness and final misery, 563 Passion and apathy,... | |
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