 Osiris, took the virgin truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body...  Retrospective Review - Page 12edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | John Hartley - History - 1992 - 258 pages
...to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear . . . went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them. We have not found them all. Lords and Commons, nor ever shall doe, till her Masters second comming; he shall bring... | |
 | Anthony J. Cascardi - History - 1992 - 332 pages
...Milton, "nor ever shall do, till her Master's second comming [sic]; he shall bring together every joynt and member, and shall mould them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection "(ibid.). Seen from this angle, it will appear that only a reintroduction of some principle of absolute... | |
 | Francis Barker - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 280 pages
...winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris,...an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection, (p. 175) This, of course, is one of the passages that are usually thought of as arguments for religious... | |
 | Francis Barker - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 276 pages
...ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that I sis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down...an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection, (p. 175) This, of course, is one of the passages that are usually thought of as arguments for religious... | |
 | Kevin P. Van Anglen - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 280 pages
...(139-40). Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that l sis made for the mangl'd body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb...found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall doe, till her Masters second comming; he shall bring together every joynt and member, and shall mould... | |
 | Peter Ochs - Religion - 1993 - 392 pages
...winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering limb by limb, still as they could find them." Strange to say, this account of Isis and Osiris is almost... | |
 | Arts - 1988 - 140 pages
...sad friends of Truth, as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangl'd body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them. (II, 549) Milton's project is to convince Parliament to allow as much freedom as is politically possible... | |
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