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 - Page 48edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
| Great Britain - 1710 - 488 pages
...Fallen Angels engaged in the intricate Difputes of Predeftination, Free-will, and Fore-knowledge 5 and to humour the Perplexity, makes a Kind of Labyrinth in the veryWords that defcribe it. Others apart fat on a Hill retir'd, In Thoughts more elevate^ and reajon'd... | |
| Tatler - 1754 - 338 pages
...whith he defcribes the fallen Angels engaged in the intricate Dit'putes of Predeftination, Freewill, and Foreknowledge ; and to humour the Perplexity, makes a kind of Labyrinth in the very Words that defcribe it. Others apart fate on a Hill rttir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reafon'd high Of Providence,... | |
| English essays - 1709 - 388 pages
...which he defcribes the fallen angels engaged in the intricate difputes of predellination, free-will, and fore-knowledge ; and to humour the perplexity, makes a kind of labyrinth t» the very words that defcribe it. Others apart fate on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate,... | |
| 1785 - 698 pages
...which he defcribes the fallen angtls engaged in the intricate dilputes of prcdeftination, free-will, and fore-knowledge; and to humour the perplexity, makes a kind of labyrinth in the vtry words that defcribe it— Others apart fate on a hill reiir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reaion'd... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...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, 560 And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...554 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, 560 And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil... | |
| Friedrich Nicolai - Rationalism - 1799 - 910 pages
...bíefe yilatttien nid)t ^erausfinben Fennen, frt)ien biefer boUiünbifd)e Xheotoganf einen 33 3 *) Others apart sat on a hill retir'd In thoughts more elevate, and rsason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute,... | |
| Longinus - Aesthetics - 1800 - 238 pages
...epithets of slow pronunciation, shews the difficulty of making advancements in such unfathomable points. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more...high Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate, Fixt fate, free-will, fore-knowledge absolute ; And found no end in wand'ring mazes lost, i Pyrr/n,... | |
| John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...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...high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate j Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge ahsolute; And found no end in wand 'ring mazes lost. Of good... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...The thronging audience. In discourse more sweet 555 (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, 560 And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil... | |
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