 Their orators thou then extoll'st as those The top of eloquence — statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our Prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, In...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 3141894Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...from thee,) Unless where moral virtue isexuress'd by light of Nature, not in all quite lost. Their orators thou then extoll'st, as those The top of eloquence...and Rome. In them is plainest taught, and easiest leamt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so, What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat ; These... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...moral virtue is expressed By light of nature, not in all quite lost. Their orators thou then extol Pst, as those The top of eloquence ; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; , 55*5 But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...from thee,_) Unless where moral virtue is express'd By light of nature, not in all quite lost. Their orators thou then extoll'st, as those The top of eloquence...their country, as may seem; But herein to our prophets fiir beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, In their... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...moral virtue is cxpress'd By light of Nature, not in all quite lost. Their orators thou then cxtoll'st, elighted, to their charge they fly : When, lo ! a...each lenient aid be nigh, That could the sick-bed sm tr.ught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, In their majestic unaffected style,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...sc. 3. I once did hold it, as our statist i do, &e. And lovers of their country, as may seem ; 355 But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely...government In their majestic unaffected style Than all th' oratory of Greece and Rome. 360 In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...from thee, Unless where moral virtue is express'd 351 Bv light of nature not in all quite lost. Their orators thou then extoll'st, as those The top of eloquence...statists, indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem : 355 But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...such from thee, Unless where moral virtue is express'd By light of nature not in all quite lost. Their orators thou then extoll'st, as those The top of eloquence, statists indeed, 35O He was of this opinion not only in the decline of life, but likewise in his earlier days, as appears... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 794 pages
...the value of the Scriptures as teachers of political wisdom, see Paradise Regained, IV. 353. Their orators thou then extoll'st, as those The top of eloquence,...Rome. In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt 4X2 What 707 and Psal. xxxiii. 12. blessed is the nation whose God is Jehovah. Prov. xi. 11. by the... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 472 pages
...(he value of the Scripture! ae teachers of political wisdom, see Paradise Regained, IV. 353. Their orators thou then extoll'st, as those, The top of...eloquence, statists indeed, And lovers of their country, a« may seem ; But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men dix'inely taught, and better teaching... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...not in all quite lost." I will venture to suggest a new arrangement of the passage : " the rest Their orators thou then extoll'st, as those The top of eloquence...indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem; a$5 But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules... | |
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