 ... to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness,...  Histoire de la littérature anglaise - Page 389by Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 2409 pagesFull view - About this book
 | C. A. Patrides - English literature - 1989 - 370 pages
...affections in right tune, to celebrate in glorious and lofty Hymns the throne and equipage of Gods Almightiness, and what he works, and what he suffers...wrought with high providence in his Church, to sing the victorious agonies of Martyrs and Saints, the deeds and triumphs of just and pious Nations doing... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 372 pages
...Second, bestowal of the poetic gift by God was acknowledged by promise through this immortal literature "to celebrate in glorious and lofty Hymns the throne and equipage of Gods Almightinesse, and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought with high providence in his... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - English poetry - 1995 - 292 pages
...verm, and publick civility, to allay the pertubations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune, to celebrate in glorious and lofty Hymns the throne and equipage of Gods Almightinesse, and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought with high providence in his... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind and set the affections in right tune, to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the...and equipage of God's almightiness and what He works . . .' (238; italics added). Here is Milton's open, public declaration of his poetical ministry. Without... | |
 | Stephen B. Dobranski - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 276 pages
..."to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of vertu, and publick civility" and "to sing the victorious agonies of Martyrs and Saints, the deeds...triumphs of just and pious Nations doing valiantly through faith against the enemies of Christ" (CP 1: 816-17). Poets ought not to isolate themselves,... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...virtue and public civility,0 to allay the perturbations of the mind and set the affections in right tune; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the...wrought with high providence in his church; to sing the victorious agonies of martyrs and saints, the deeds and triumphs of just and pious nations doing... | |
 | Heather Dubrow - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 316 pages
...virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind and set the affections in right tune, to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's ahnightiness ... to sing the victorious agonies of martyrs and saints. . . . ' Note the ereation of... | |
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