 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 sider
...compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels; for his thoughts were low; 115 To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful; yet he pleas'd the ear.... | |
 | 1833 - 546 sider
...composed and high exploit. But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dfopt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels." On the occasion we speak of, Belial rose with a smile in which it Was difficult to perceive whether... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 sider
...composed, and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful : yet he pleased the ear,... | |
 | 1823 - 582 sider
...often room for debate; and it is one of the most ancient and usual employments of oratory . ; . to make the worse appear . ,. . , , The better reason, to perplex and dash Mat'urest counsels. In the next place, the people have, in alt ages and nations, been suspected of a tendency to take the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 sider
...compos'd, and high exploit: But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low, To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful : yet he pleas'd the ear,... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1824 - 806 sider
...conversation, he put me in mind of that character in Milton : — - His tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels ; for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious : but to nobler deeds Tim'rous and slothful : yet he plcas'd the ear.... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 sider
...for pleasing him, And blush at conquest ? Havard's King Charles 1. His tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 2. Oft the hours From morn to eve have stolen unmark'd away, While mute... | |
 | 1824 - 496 sider
...book of the Paradise Lost : " But all is false and hollow ; tho' their tongue " Drop manna ; and can make the worse appear " The better reason, to perplex and dash " Maturest councils ; yet their thoughts are low, " To vice industrious ; but to nobler deeds «• Tim'rous and... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 sider
...graceful and humane ;] Belial is described in the first book as the idol of the lewd and luxurious. The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels ; for his thoughts were low ; 115 To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful ; yet he pleas'd the... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1825 - 728 sider
...slyest introductions that Belial ever resorted to, in any of those speeches which are calculated to " make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex...: for his thoughts are low." I am perfectly aware, Sir, by whom that s was added. I know the handwriting. I know the reflection which passed through the... | |
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On the other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heaven; he seemed For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better... 
