 | Shropshire gazetteer - 1824 - 1028 pages
...Shakespeare. The following passage is a curious instance of the success with which he studied his model : — He that has light within his own clear breast, May...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. The conclusion of the Masque strongly evinces that the author never intended it for general representation,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Contemplation She plumes her feathers, and tets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Rests and expatiates in a life to come. Lo, the poor...to stray Far as the solar walk, or nulky way ; Yet mid-dny sun : Himself is his own dungeon. Y. Bro. 'Tie most true, That musing meditation most affects... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...court, Know all is good we make so, and go on Secured by the prosperity of our crimes. Ren Jonson. He that has light within his own clear breast, May...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Milton's Comus. Here, here it lies ; a lump of lead by day ; And in my short, distracted, nightly slumbers,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...Tonson has the true reading, in 1 <}<).">, and 1705. T. Warton. I have restored the old reading. E. He that has light within his own clear breast May...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. 2. BROTHER. 'Tis most true, sss That musing meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell,... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he, that hides...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Sec. Br. 'Tis most true, That musing Meditation most affects The pensive secresy of desert cell, Far... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...tower : so 20. — for within him hell He brings, and round about him, &c.] Compare Comus, v. 383. —he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted...under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon. And again, with the following lines, — — ner from hell One step no more than from himself can fly... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...from the heav'n of heav'ns Hath he excluded my resort sometimes, 8tc. 468. Compare Cotnus, 382. — Ik that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts. Benighted...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. E. 478. other joy To me is lost."] How exactly does Milton make Satan keep up the character he had... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...too ruflled, and sometimes impair^. 380 He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th1 centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Beniirhted walks under the mid-day sun: Himself is his own dungeon. 385 2. Bro. 'Tie most true, That... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...ruffled, and sometimes Impair'd. He that has light within his own elear breast May sit i' th' eentre, pright a statesman you" selfish vanity, devise False freedoms, holy ehe Benight«! walks under the mid-day sun : Himself is his own dungeon. Y. Bro. 'Tis most true, That musing... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i'th' centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a...under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon. 'Tis most true, SECOND BROTHER. Far from the cheerful haunt of men and herds, And sits as safe as in... | |
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He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. 
