 Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.  Christian Politics - Page 158by Ely Bates - 1806 - 445 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John McVickar - 1834 - 238 pages
...Milton, evidently with a view to their condemnation, puts into the mouth of fallen angels. ' Others apart sat on a hill retired In thoughts more elevate; and...reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate — Fii'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Vain... | |
 | 1834 - 590 pages
...into conversation with me. For I soon found the means of directing it to my favourite subjects, — Of Providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd...free-will, fore-knowledge absolute, And found no end in wandering mazes lost. This preposterous pursuit was beyond doubt injurious both to my natural powers... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...audience. In discourse more sweet 555 (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense) Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and...providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge ahsolute, 500 And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil... | |
 | John McVickar - 1836 - 260 pages
...Milton, evidently with a view to their condemnation, puts into the mouth of fallen angels. ' Others apart sat on a hill retired In thoughts more elevate ; and...free-will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.' But is there not, we would ask, some... | |
 | sir William Cusack Smith (2nd bart.) - 1836 - 182 pages
...which Milton supposes to have engrossed the revolted angels, in their confinement. " Others apart, sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and...fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute, And found DO end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil, much they argued then ; Of happiness, and final... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1836 - 780 pages
...reasoning of Tacitus calls to mind the passage in Milton: Others apart sat on a hill retired. In thought more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, fore-knowledge,...free-will, fore-knowledge absolute, And found no end. In wandving males lost. progress, and his end, the gods have no concern ; and by consequence, calamity... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...thronging audience. In discourse more sweet, (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense) Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and...providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute : épaisses légions se joignent ; par des faits d'armes , d'un bout... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 364 pages
...thronging audience. In discourse more sweet (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense) Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and...providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost." We find the punishment,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1836 - 496 pages
...enter into conversation with me, for I soon found the means of directing it to my favourite subjects. Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd...free-will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end in wandering mazes lost. " This preposterous pursuit was, beyond doubt, injurious, both to my natural... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1836 - 478 pages
...would have all the accommodations that Yamen could afford him. There he and the pundits might " reason high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fix'd fate, freewill, foreknowledge absolute, And find no end, in wandering mazes lost." They might argue there of good and evil, " Of happiness and... | |
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