 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 their...  The English Journal of Education - Page 3201847Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...style, Than all the oratory of Greece and HomeIn them is plainest taught, and easiest learn'o!'r Wlmt makes a nation happy', and keeps it so;. What ruins...kingdoms, and lays cities flat: These only with our law hest form a king.'' So spake the Son of God : hut Satan now, Quite at a loss, for all his darts were... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 878 pages
...conveyed pure and unadulterated, Addison. UNAFFECTED, adj. Real; open; not hypocritical ; not moved. Men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid...of civil government, In their majestic, unaffected stile, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome. tfiliun. They bore the king To lie in solemn state,... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 822 pages
...shapes she does her sons expose, Distends their swelling lips, wi flats their nose. Creech. In them ¡s plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so, What mint kingdoms, and lays cities/bf. Milton. Taste so divine ! that what of tweet before Hcit'j touched... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1830 - 296 pages
...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...learnt What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so." Par. Keg. B. iv. or commonwealth could be. The unfitness and insufficiency of the Jewish character... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1831 - 232 pages
...of all the community. Princes and statesmen, prelates and philosophers, were equally ignorant of " What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so; What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat." It was enough for them to consume; they thought it beneath them to observe even, much less to assist... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1832 - 244 pages
...occurrences have given additional strength and fresh force to our sage poet's eulogy on the Jewish prophets : As men divinely taught and better teaching The solid...keeps it so, What ruins kingdoms and lays cities flat PARADISE REGAINED, ir. 354. If there be any antidote to that restless craving for the wonders of the... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 498 pages
...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...unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome. 360 In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so, What... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...eloquence; statists indeed, And luvcrs of their country , as may seem ; 355 Hut herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...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 nstion... | |
 | Statesmen - 1837 - 430 pages
...of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our PROPHETS far beneath, As men divinely taught, autl better teaching The solid rules of civil government....taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, ami-keeps it so! • i He did this on the occasion of the discovery of Waller's plot, as will be icen... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...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...unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome. sco In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so, What... | |
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