 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...magnitude of mind, And celestial vigor arm'd, Their armories and magazines contemns, Renders them useless, while With winged expedition, Swift as the lightning...glance, he executes His errand on the wicked, who, surpris'd, Lose their defence, distracted and amaz'd. ยง 10. On Shakspeare. M i I.TO.V. WHAT need*... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...of mini I And celestial vigour arm'd ; Their armouries and magazines contemns Renders them useless ; surpris'd, Lose their defence, distracted and amaz'd. But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 356 pages
...of mind And celestial vigour arm'd ; Their armouries and magazines contemns, Renders them useless ; while With winged expedition, Swift as the lightning...glance, he executes His errand on the wicked, who, surpris'd, Lose their defence, distracted and amaz'd. But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints,... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1823 - 220 pages
...of mind And celestial vigour arm'd; Their armouries and magazines contemns, Renders them useless ; while With winged expedition, Swift as the lightning...glance he executes His errand on the wicked, who, surprised, Lose their defence, distracted and amazed. But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints,... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...of mind And celestial vigour arm'd ; Their armories and magazines contemns, Renders them useless ; while With winged expedition, Swift as the lightning...glance, he executes His errand on the wicked, who, surprised, Lose their defence, distracted and amazed. But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...Milton, in ings of the restoration. Comthis chorus, is writing a pane- pare his Sonnet to Cromwell, With winged expedition Swift as the lightning glance he executes His errand on the wicked, who surpris'd 1285 Lose their defence distracted and amaz'd. But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...vigour arm'd, 1280 Their armouries and magazines contemns, Renders them useless, while \Vith wing'd expedition Swift as the lightning glance he executes His errand on the wicked, who surpris'd 1X85 Lose their defence distracted andamaz'd. But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints,... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 540 pages
...mind And celestial vigour arm'd; 1280 Their armouries and magazines contemns, , Renders them useless ; while With winged expedition, Swift as the lightning...glance, he executes His errand on the wicked, who, surpris'd, 1285 Lose their defence, distracted and amaz'd. But patience is more oft the exercise Of... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pages
...magnitude of mind And celestial vigour arm'd, Their armouries and magazines contemns, Renders them useless, while With winged expedition Swift as the lightning glance he executes His errand on the wicked, who surpris'd Lose their defence distracted and amaz'd. But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints,... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pages
...mind And celestial vigour arm'd, isao Their armories and magazines contemns, Renders them useless, while With winged expedition, Swift as the light'ning...glance, he executes His errand on the wicked, who surpris'd 1235 Lose their defence distracted and amaz'd. But patience is more oft the exercise Of saints,... | |
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Hardy and industrious to support Tyrannic power, but raging to pursue The righteous, and all such as honour truth ; He all their ammunition And feats of war defeats, With plain heroic magnitude of mind... 
