 Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.  The British Essayists: Tatler - Seite 431823Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Evans - 1807 - 344 Seiten
...Others apart, sat on a hill retir'd, " In thoughts more elevate, ainl reasonid high, " Of provktance, fore-knowledge, will, and fate; " Fix'd fate; free-will,...absolute, " And found no end — in wandering mazes lost !" To short-sighted mortals, with all their boasted wisdom, the subject must appear dark, and in many... | |
 | John Evans - 1808 - 342 Seiten
...angelic minds, according to the representation of Milton :— " Others apart, sat on a hillretir'd, "In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high, ** Of...fore-knowledge absolute, " And found no end — in uandering mazei lost I" To short-sighted mortals, with all their boasted^ wisdom, the subject must... | |
 | Thomas Le Mesurier - 1808 - 492 Seiten
...it is that our Milton represents as amusing themselves in another world with abstract speculations. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd In thoughts more...high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fixed fata, free-will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. PAR. LOST,... | |
 | John Parkhurst - 1809 - 890 Seiten
...the employment assigned by Miltat to a part of the /alien axgrlt / Par. Lost, book ii. line Si 7, &c. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason" d liigli Of Providence, Fore-knowledge, Willanu Fate, Fin-fate, Free-will, Fore-knowledge absolute,... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 484 Seiten
...ravishment The thronging audience. In discourse more sweet, (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense,) Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more...providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 300 Seiten
...condemned spiritsi without that cast of horror and melancholy he has so judiciously mingled with them : Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more...high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, 3? ixt fate, freewill, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end in wandering mazes lost.* In our present... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1810 - 384 Seiten
...horror and melancholy he has so judiciously mingled with them. ' Others apart sat on a hill retired, ' In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high ' Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; ' Fixt fate, freewill, foreknowledge absolute ; * And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost*.' In... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1810 - 504 Seiten
...company of the infernal spirits, in a sequestered place, puzzling themselves with predestination. " Others apart sat on a hill retir'd. In thoughts more elevate, and rcason-d high Of Providence, Fore-Knowledge, Will and Fate ; Fix-d Fate, Free-Will, Fore-Knowledge... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 530 Seiten
...glittering star-light, without Thee is sweet. The variety of images in this passage is infinitely pleasing, and the recapitulation of each particular image, with...free-will, fore-knowledge absolute, And found no end in wand'ring mazes lost. Sir Richard Steele assisted in this paper. T. " * The dying scene in this paper,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 534 Seiten
...glittering star-light, without Thee is sweet. The variety of images in this passage is infinitely pleasing, and the recapitulation of each particular image, with...free-will, fore-knowledge absolute, And found no end in wand'ring mazes lost. Sir Richard Stecle assisted in this paper. T. " • The dying .scene in this... | |
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