 | 1803 - 402 sider
...condemned spirits, without that cast of horror and melancholy he has so judiciously mingled with them. " Others apart sat on a hill retired, " In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high " Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, .• Fixt fete, freewill, foreknowledge... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sider
...retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixt fate, freewill, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. In our present condition, which is a middle state, our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - 1805 - 338 sider
...his inhabitants of Pandsemonium, who reason'd high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixt fate, freewill, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. But the instances of the two memorable characters you have produced are much to our purpose, in so... | |
 | Ely Bates - 1806 - 445 sider
...various feats of war and agility, " Sat on a hill, retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate...free-will, fore-knowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argu'd then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 344 sider
...Others apart, sat on a hill retir'd, " In thoughts more elevate, ainl reasonid high, " Of provktance, fore-knowledge, will, and fate; " Fix'd fate; free-will,...absolute, " And found no end — in wandering mazes lost !" To short-sighted mortals, with all their boasted wisdom, the subject must appear dark, and in many... | |
 | John Evans - 1808 - 342 sider
...representation of Milton :— " Others apart, sat on a hillretir'd, "In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high, ** Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and...fore-knowledge absolute, " And found no end — in uandering mazei lost I" To short-sighted mortals, with all their boasted^ wisdom, the subject must... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 348 sider
...retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of provideace, fore-knowledge, will, and late, Fix'd fate, free-will, fore-knowledge absolute. And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." N° 115. TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1709-10, -Novum intervenit vitium et calamitas. Ut neque spectari, ncque... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 300 sider
...retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, 3? ixt fate, freewill, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end in wandering mazes lost.* In our present condition, which is a middle state, our minds are as it were chequered with truth and... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1810 - 504 sider
...themselves with predestination. " Others apart sat on a hill retir'd. In thoughts more elevate, and rcason-d high Of Providence, Fore-Knowledge, Will and Fate ; Fix-d Fate, Free-Will, Fore-Knowledge absolute, But found no end, in waud'ring- mazes lost?" B. ii. 1. 557. " Speculations," says a judicious writer,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 sider
...the lake of fire." If we may credit Milton, the devils had some knowledge of this ; for he says, They reasoned high Of providence, fore-knowledge, will,...absolute ; An'd found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Providence neither promised nor afforded them perpetual support; To free-will they were left, in. free-will... | |
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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. 
