 Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam, purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds,...  The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th] - Page 3221839Full view - About this book
 | Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...at the fountain itself of heavenly, ra» • ins diance; cliance ; while the whole noise of timorous flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight,...gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms. , What should ye do then, should ye suppress all this flowery crop of knowledge and new light, sprung... | |
 | John Blair Linn - Genius - 1802 - 196 pages
...unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, -with those also that love the twilight, flutter about amaz'd at what she means, and in their envious gabble, would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms."... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 602 pages
...unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that...twilight flutter about amazed at what she means."" His attack on presbyterian inconsistency is strong and irresistible. " Who cannot discern the fineness... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 484 pages
...unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that...envious gabble, would prognosticate a year of sects and schism." Gentlemen, what Milton only saw in his mighty imagination, I see in feet. What he expected,... | |
 | Nathaniel Chapman - Great Britain - 1807 - 492 pages
...unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that...envious gabble, would prognosticate a year of sects and schism." Gentlemen, what Milton only saw in his mighty imagination, I see in fact. What he expected,... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that...twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means. * * * What should ye do then, should ye suppress all this flowery crop of knowledge and new light sprung... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that...twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means. * * What should ye do then, should ye suppress all this flowery crop of knowledge and new light sprung... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 470 pages
...unsealing her long-abused sight at the foun" tain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole " noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those " also...would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms." Gentlemen, what Milton only saw in his mighty imagination, I see in fact; what he expected, but which... | |
 | Thomas Erskine (1st baron.) - 1810 - 478 pages
...unsealing her long-abused sight at the foun~ " tain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole " noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those " also...would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms." Gentlemen, what Milton only saw in his mighty imagination, I see in fact ; what he expected, but which... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 690 pages
...unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance, while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that...twilight flutter about amazed at what she means." 8 His attack on presbyterian inconsistency • P. Vv. i. 324. The passage should have ended here with... | |
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