 License they mean when they cry Liberty ; For who loves that must first be wise and good : But from that mark how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth and loss of blood.  Blackwood's Magazine - Seite 1281847Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 Seiten
...bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when truth would set them free. Licence they mean when they cry liberty ; For who loves that, must first be wise and good ; But from that mark how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth, and loss of blood. XII.... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1845 - 88 Seiten
...of, the sublime poet and republican patriot of England* wrote these lines of pregnant admonition : License they mean when they cry liberty ; For who loves that must first be wise and good. Let us cherish this great lesson. Let us ever remember that a people, to be truly free, must first... | |
 | 1846 - 592 Seiten
...— . " Bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when truth would set them free ; License they mean when they cry Liberty ; For who loves that must first be wise and good." The reformers were disgusted by the mixture of obscenity and libertinism .which characterized their... | |
 | Waddy Thompson - 1846 - 332 Seiten
...bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when truth would set them free — Licence they mean when they cry liberty, For who loves that must first be wise and good — But from that mark how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth and loss of blood." But... | |
 | 1847 - 806 Seiten
...this, however able, is fitted to govern the nation. That the popular will, whatever it may be, will be readily executed by him, is perfectly clear ; but...that he cannot be both wise and good. His course must cither have been very much mistaken, or veiy insincere, so that if he be wise he cannot be good, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 Seiten
...hogs; That bawl for freedom, in their senseless mood And still revolt when truth would set them free, License they mean, when they cry liberty ; For who loves that, must first be wise and good ; But from that mark, how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth, and loss of blood. XIII.... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 420 Seiten
...bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when truth would set them free. Licence they mean when they cry liberty ; For who loves that, must first be wise and good ; But from that mark how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth, and loss of blood. XII.... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 Seiten
...hogs; That bawl for freedom in their senseless mood, And still revolt when truth would set them free. License they mean when they cry liberty; For who loves that, must first he wise and good; But from that mark how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth, and loss... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 492 Seiten
...despotism of the many — but especially in the present day against the sycophants of the populace. License they mean, when they cry liberty ! For who loves that, must first be wise and good. ESSAY XI. Nemo nfi ifn II ii. I ifr. quasi minora sint animorum contagia quam corporum. Majora sunt... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 566 Seiten
...despotism of the many — but especially in the present day against the sycophants of the populace. License they mean, when they cry liberty ! For who loves that, must first be wise and good. ESSAY XL Nemo vero fallatur, quasi minora sint animorum contagia quam corporum. Majora aunt ; gravius... | |
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