 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...Matt. vi. 23. " If the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness !" So, in Comus, " he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, " Benighted...under the mid-day sun, " Himself is his own dungeon." TODD. Ver. 162. For inward light alas! Puts forth no visual beam.] The expression is fine, and means... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1826 - 300 pages
...success with which he has been studied. "He that has light within bis own clear breast, May sit rth- centre and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a...soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon." The conclusion of the Mask strongly evinces that the author... | |
 | Thomas Wright (of Ludlow.) - 1826 - 304 pages
...which he lias been studied. "He that lias light within bis own clear brenst, May sit i'tli' rentre and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon " The conclusion of the Mask strongly evinces that the author... | |
 | 1829 - 804 pages
...too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd : He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i'th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. No. 99.] Saturday, November 26, 1709. Spiral tragicum satis ct fdiciter andet. Wor.£.Ep.i. 166. He,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 414 pages
...night ; figuratively, to cloud with ignorance. He that ban light within hu own clear breast May lit i' th' centre and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides...and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day aun ; Himself is his own dungeon. i/ilton. Those bright stars that did adorn our hemisphere, as those... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 832 pages
...ignorance. He that ha* light within his own clear breast May sit i* thf centre and enjoy bright day; Bat he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under tho mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Milton. Those bright stars that did adorn our hemisphere,... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...prunes." Wartun. That In the various bustle of resort Were ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. sso He that has light within his own clear breast, May...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. 2 BR. Tis most true, sss That musing meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far... | |
 | 1832 - 370 pages
...enervating spirit of modern literature ! He that has light within his own clear breast May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a...Benighted walks under the midday sun : HIMSELF is HIS owv DUNGEON! The language and literature of Greece should be studied, in the next place, for the enlargement... | |
 | 1832 - 372 pages
...enervating spirit of modern literature ! He that has light within his own clear breast May iit in the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul and foul thuughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun 1 HIMSELF 13 HIS OWN DUNGEON! The language and literature... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...habitual dissatisfaction; let him avoid gloominess and sourness of spirit ; for, as Milton says, — — " He that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon." It is generally found that a person who is dissatisfied with himself and his own possessions is not... | |
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He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. 
