| Robert Cassie Waterston - 1893 - 702 pages
...unconquerable will," which can exclaim with Milton, in the midst of the most trying disappointments, — " I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right on ward!" He seemed like a vessel, not wrecked and shattered on... | |
| Henry William Herbert - Great Britain - 1840 - 370 pages
...their idle orbs doth sight appear, Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of Heart or Hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend,... | |
| Alexander Walker - Divorce - 1840 - 440 pages
...additionally cheered, yet cheered only by the prophetic faith of two or three individuals, he did nevertheless •Argue not Against heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bore up and steer'd Right onward.' "From others only do we derive our knowledge that Milton... | |
| Methodist Episcopal Church - 1857 - 830 pages
...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Tet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports mo, dost thou ask T The conscience, friond,... | |
| John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...Paradise Lost. In his beautiful sonnet to Syriac Skinner he thus reverts to his blindness : — -" Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up, and steer Right onward. — What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience,... | |
| Guy Bryan Schott - Commencement ceremonies - 1841 - 62 pages
...struggles. Misfortune may lay a heavy hand on some of you, before a year rolls round ; — yet — " argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and tteer Right onward!" The hour is past ; and I close with the last — the fondest... | |
| John Keble - 1842 - 332 pages
...and majestic. The paraphrase here used of the scriptural phrase " straight forward " is Miltonic,— Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope; but still bear up, and steer , RIGHT ONWARD." " Tet, I argue not Sonnet to Cyriac Skinner.] t [It is... | |
| William Ellery Channing - Theology - 1843 - 686 pages
...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not . " Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supporta me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend,... | |
| John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, friend,... | |
| Julius Rubens Ames, Benjamin Lundy - Slavery - 1843 - 598 pages
...their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will ; nor bate a jot Of heart and hope ; but stiil bear up and steer Right onward. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conseienee,... | |
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