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" Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal : but when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of... "
The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Memoir, and Critical Remarks on ... - Page 159
by John Milton - 1843
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Paradise regain'd, a poem. To which is added Samson agonistes; and Poems ...

John Milton - 1747 - 240 pages
...when Luft, By unchafte looks, loofe geftures, and foul talk, But moft by leud and laviflx aft of fm, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The Soul grows...clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till fhe quite lofe The divine property of her firft being. Such are thofe thick and gloomy fhadows damp,...
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British Theatre, Volume 11

John Bell - English drama - 1791 - 294 pages
...cast a beam on th' outward shape, " The unpolluted temple of the mmd, " And turn it by degrees to tlie soul's essence, " Till all be made immortal. ' " But...foul talk, " But most by lewd and lavish acT: of sin, 140 " Lets in defilement to the inward parts, " The soul grows clotted by contagion, " Imbodies and...
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Comus: A Mask

John Milton, John Dalton - English drama - 1791 - 498 pages
...to cast a beam on th' outward shape, " The unpolluted temple of the mind, " And turn it by decrees to the soul's essence, " Till all be made immortal....gestures, and foul talk, " But most by lewd and lavish aft of sin, i.(e " Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose " The divine property of her first being....
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Bell's British Theatre: Comus, by J. Milton. ... Love in a village, by I ...

English drama - 1797 - 468 pages
...habitants " Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, " The unpolluted temple of the mind, " And turn it by degrees to the soul's essence, " Till all be...foul talk, " But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, 140 " Lets in defilement to the inward parts, " The soul grows clotted by contagion, " Imbodies and...
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Comus, a Mask

John Milton - English drama - 1797 - 484 pages
...habitants " Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, ." The unpolluted temple of the mind, " And turn it by degrees to the soul's essence, " Till all be...foul talk, " But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, 140 " Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose " The divine property of her first being. " Such are...
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1

Plutarch - Classical biography - 1803 - 406 pages
...uses the same comparison ; for which, kowevcr he is indebted rather to Plato than to Plutarch. The lavish act of sin Lets in defilement to the inward...quite lose The divine property of her first being. vapour, with difficulty is kindled and aspires. There i* therefore no occasion, against nature, to...
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A tour to Sheeraz by the rout of Kazroon & Feerozabad [&c.]. To which is ...

Edward Scott Waring - 1807 - 358 pages
...Taylor's Proclus, p. 50. Milton i mi tales a. passage in Plato. "See Hurd on Imitation. " But when lu»t, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk,...lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward paits, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine...
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Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks, Volume 2

Sir Philip Sidney - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1807 - 246 pages
...to the man, while " — — — Liuk'd by carnal sensuality " To a degenerate and degraded state, " The soul grows clotted by contagion ; " Imbodies and...quite lose " The divine property of her first being." 2. Every base occupation makes one sharp in its practice, and dull in every other. ftemark. And by...
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A Tour to Sheeraz, by the Route of Kazroon and Feerozabad: With Various ...

Edward Scott Waring - Iran - 1807 - 356 pages
...Hurd on Imitation. " But when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by Jewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward...The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbiutes, till she cuite.lose The divine property of her first being." This is an evident proof that...
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Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne, Volume 1

Plutarchus - 1809 - 584 pages
...metaphorically in the latter sense, fap 105 Milton, in his Comus, uses the same comparison : - The lavish act of sin Lets in defilement to the inward parts. The soul grows clotted by contagion, Jmbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those...
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