... 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,... The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Seite 7131869Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John T. Shawcross - 1993 - 372 Seiten
...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 - 1995 - 292 Seiten
...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 - 1996 - 708 Seiten
...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 and what He works . . .' (238; italics added). Here is Milton's open, public declaration of his poetical ministry. Without... | |
| Stephen B. Dobranski - 1999 - 276 Seiten
..."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...valiantly through faith against the enemies of Christ" (CP 1: 816-17). Poets ought not to isolate themselves, according to Milton, but instead should fulfill,... | |
| John Milton - 2003 - 1012 Seiten
...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 throne...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... | |
| David Loewenstein - 2004 - 160 Seiten
...fulfill the critical aim of the prophetic poet, announced in his Reason of ChurchGovernment (1642). "to deplore the general relapses of Kingdoms and States from justice and Gods true worship" (YP 1:81 7). Moreover, through a series of challenging historical lessons, Adam... | |
| Gordon Teskey - 2006 - 238 Seiten
...the might and prestige of Portugal in the dust."16 None of what Milton had once fervently hailed as "the deeds and triumphs of just and pious nations...valiantly through faith against the enemies of Christ" (YP 1:816-817) will bear very close scrutiny, as Milton learned in his study of British history and... | |
| Heather Dubrow - 2008 - 316 Seiten
...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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