 | John Milton - 1857 - 470 pages
...in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seem d For dignity compos'd, and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ;...tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The belter reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels; for his thoughts were low; To vice industrious,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - English literature - 1910 - 776 pages
...For dignity composed, and high exploit. But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna,7 Ќ ~ Matures! counsels: for his thoughts were low; To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1911 - 784 pages
...compos'd and high exploit : But all was false and hollow. 1129 Milton : Par. Lost. Bk. ii. Line 110 His tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason. 1130 Milton: Par. Lost. Bk. il. Line 112. 'Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1913 - 264 pages
...apple rotten at the heart; O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice. His tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason. Milton: Paradise Lost. O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive. Scott: Marmion.... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Crime - 1918 - 956 pages
...of whom Milton writes "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 Dropped manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels,... | |
 | John Davison Lawson - Crime - 1918 - 956 pages
...seemed For dignity composed and ihigh exploit: But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropped manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Matures! counsels, for iris thoughts were low, To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 714 pages
...and humane ; A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seemed For dignity composed, and high exploit. 110 te against each other, where reason is perplexed,...only thickens the confusion; for high and reverend au Matures! counsels: for his thoughts were low; To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1923 - 332 pages
...side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane. A fairer person lost not Heaven; he seemed no For dignity composed, and high exploit. But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropt manna, andjxmldjnake the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash "OTalui'bsl'uotmsels : for his... | |
 | George William McClelland - English literature - 1925 - 1178 pages
...in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heav'n; he seem'd "° For dignity compos'd Matures! counsels: for his thoughts were Timorous and slothful: yet he pleas'd the ear, And with persuasive... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1926 - 412 pages
...and humane; A fairer person losl not Heav'n; he seemd For dignity compos d and high exploit: But au was false and hollow; though his Tongue Dropt Manna,...worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturesl Counsels: Jor his thoughts were low; To vice induslrious, but to Nobler deeds Timorous and... | |
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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 reason, to perplex and dash Matures! 
