But when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her... Comus: A Mask - Page 33by John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine...shadows damp, Oft seen in charnel vaults and sepulchres Lingering, and sitting by a new made grave, As loth to leave the body that it lov'd, And link'd itself... | |
| John Milton - 1853 - 344 pages
...lavish act of sin, 455 Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite -lose The divine property of her first being. 449 freez'd] Dante Inferno, c. ix. Che se '1 Gorgon si mostra. 455 liveried] Nabbes's Mierocosmus,... | |
| William Lovett - Conduct of life - 1853 - 496 pages
...and lavish act of sin, Lets in Defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being." 5. One may help one's self greatly in this matter by securing good physical conditions. I have spoken... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...Shakspere. But when Lust Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Milton. Lust is, of all the frailties of our nature, What most we ought to fear; the headstrong beast... | |
| John Milton - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 412 pages
...the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite loose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp 470 Oft seen in Charnell vaults, and Sepulchers Lingering, and sitting by a new made grave, As loath... | |
| Classical philology - 1918 - 472 pages
...•, when the soul becomes corrupted \vith the contagion of the fle^sh, or, to use Milton's phrase, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being". From what has been said, it would appear that Milton combined with Aristotle's idea of a genetic series... | |
| Electronic journals - 1858 - 656 pages
...ami lavish act of sin, Lets in tlefilanmt to the inward parts, Th* soul grows clotttd by contagion, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being." Well then has the wise man said, " Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.... | |
| Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine...are those thick and gloomy shadows damp Oft seen in charnel-vaults and sepulchres, Lingering and sitting by a new-made grave, As loth to leave the body... | |
| William Kerrigan - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 372 pages
...and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine...gloomy shadows damp Oft seen in Charnel vaults and Sepulchers, Lingering and sitting by a new-made grave, As loath to leave the body that it lov'd, And... | |
| P. Adams Sitney - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 284 pages
...and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being.3 After seven more lines depicting "carnal sensuality" the younger brother gushes forth his admiration... | |
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