 Their orators thou then extoll'st, as those The top of eloquence; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, In their...  The English Journal of Education - Seite 3201847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 Seiten
...eloquence, statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; 355 But herein to our Prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...rules of civil government In their majestic unaffected stile Than all th' oratory of Greece and Rome, 360 In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 Seiten
...of eloquence, statists indeed, And lovers of their country as may seem ; Put herein to our Prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...rules of civil government In their majestic unaffected stile Than all th' oratory of Greece and Rome. 360 In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 Seiten
...of eloquence ; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem; But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...cities flat; These only with our law best form a king. So spake the Son of God; but Satan, now Quite at a loss, (for all his darts were spent,) Thus to our... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 Seiten
...eloquence ; statists indeed, And lovers of their Country, as may seem ; But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...and Rome. In them is plainest taught, and easiest leamt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so, What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat ; These... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 Seiten
...eloquence ; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; , 55*5 But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...government, In their majestic unaffected style, Than all the1 oratory of Greece and Rome. 360 In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1816 - 298 Seiten
...occurrences have given additional strength and fresh force to our sage poet's eulogy on the Jewish prophets: As men divinely taught and better teaching The solid...keeps it so, What ruins kingdoms and lays cities flat. PARADISE REGAINED, iv. 354, If there be any antidote to that restless craving for the wonders of the... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 Seiten
...eloquence ; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem; But herein to our prophets fiir beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...unaffected style, Than all the' oratory of Greece and Bome. In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat; These... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 Seiten
...lovers of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely tr.ught, hat sad company. • It was a worthy edyfying Uomc. In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What ni.-ikt -. a nation happy, and keeps it... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 356 Seiten
...eloquence ; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...cities flat ; These only with our law best form a king. " So spake the Son of God ; but Satan, now Quite at a loss, (for all his darts were spent,) Thus to... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 Seiten
...eloquence ; statists indeed, And lovers of their country, as may seem ; But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching...flat : These only with our law best form a king." So spake the Son of God ; but Satan, now Quite at a loss (for all his darts were spent), Thus to our... | |
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