 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
 | Harold Skulsky - Christian poetry, English - 1995 - 140 pages
..."imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris." Like Isis they have gone "up and down, gathering up limb by limb still as they could find them"39 — find, not fabricate. It's absolutely crucial to the theory of knowledge on view here that... | |
 | John Richetti - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 308 pages
...complete: the sad friends of Truth . . . imitating the careful search that his 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 [sic], till her Masters second comming [sic] ... To be still searching what we know not, by what... | |
 | Harold M. Weber - History - 1996 - 310 pages
...impossibility of regaining a past golden age. In this world such perfection can never be achieved: "We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons,...shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mold them into an immortal feature of loveliness and perfection. Suffer not these licensing prohibitions... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - Religion - 1997 - 244 pages
...scattered 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." With Milton, we can only hope to re-member her torn body.57 To open the biblical canon is my concluding... | |
 | Alan Haworth - Freedom of speech - 1998 - 282 pages
...ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that /sis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down...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... | |
 | Steven N. Zwicker - Literary Criticism - 1998 - 362 pages
...as durst appear, imitating the carefull search that 7s/s made for the mangl'd body of Osiris . . . gathering up limb by limb still as they could find...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... | |
 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1999 - 1160 pages
...l-'rom 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,...down gathering up limb by limb still as they could lind them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her Master's... | |
 | John Matthews - History - 1999 - 292 pages
...Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that his made for the mangled body of Osieis, went up and down gathering up limb by limb still as they could best find them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her Master's... | |
 | Sir William Osler - Medical ethics - 2001 - 416 pages
...says, "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,...as they could find them. We have not yet found them all,"20 but each one of us may pick up a fragment, perhaps two, and in moments when mortality weighs... | |
 | Kate Aughterson - History - 2002 - 628 pages
...search that Isis made for the mangled hody of Osiris, went up and down, gathering up limh hy limh, still as they could find them. We have not yet found them all, Ixirds and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her Master's second coming: he shall hring together every... | |
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