 Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost...  Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays - Page 300by Henry Hart Milman - 1870 - 500 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 451 pages
...Lost, II. 557: — " Others apart tat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." See also Par. XVII. Note 40. 70. Boethius, Cans. Pbil.,\... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - Poetry - 1867 - 760 pages
...Lost, II. 557 : — *' Others apart sat on a hill retired, 1 n thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes tost." See also Par. XVII. Note 40. 70. Boethius, Cons, ffii!.,... | |
 | Christianity - 1867
...And describes how ' Others apart sat on a hill retired In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.' Campbell is right in saying that the ' origin of evil '... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867
...Lost, II. 557 : — " Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." See also Par. XVII. Note 40. 70. Boëthius, Cons. Phil.... | |
 | John Milton - 1868
...charms the sense) 556 Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; 560 And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of happiness... | |
 | Andrew Jackson Davis - 1868
...endless punishment — ' Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thought more elevate ; and reasoned high Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate ; Fixed fate, free will, fore-knowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.' " In connection with this branch of the question may be... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 458 pages
...song charms the sense, Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate ; Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering ma2es lost. Book ii. Line 555. Vain wisdom all, and false philosophy.... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - American literature - 1869 - 608 pages
...school-room during the fading twilight hours, and, like Milton's fallen angels, — " Reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute Of happiness and final misery." which he carried us ; and the Calvinism of the old Great tragedian... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870
...Lost, II. 557 : — " Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." See also Par. XVII. Note 40. which are foreseen is necessary... | |
 | Theology - 1870
...metaphysical discussion, when they " sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate. Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute." As specimens we quote the following : " The busy bee has no time for sorrow. The fox condemns the trap,... | |
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