 They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring...  The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors. To which ... - Strana 157autor/autoři: John Milton, Henry John Todd - 1809Úplné zobrazení - Podrobnosti o knize
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 262 str.
...attributed To things not glorious, men not worthy' of fame. 70 They err who count it glorious to fubdue By conqueft far and wide, to over-run Large countries,...: what do thefe worthies, But rob and fpoil, burn, flaughter, and inflave 7$ Peaceable nations, neighb'ring, or remote, Made captive, yet deferving freedom... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 262 str.
...attributed To things not glorious, men not worthy' of fame. 7* They err who count it glorious to fubdue By conqueft far and wide, to over-run Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by affault : what do thefe worthies, But rob and fpoil, burn, flaughter, and inflave 75 Peaceable nations,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 890 str.
...remember, He afk'd thee, Haft thou feen my fervant Job ? Famous he was in Heav'n, on Earth lefs known; Where glory is falfe glory, attributed To things not glorious, men not worthy' of fame. 70 They err who count it glorious to fubdue By conqueft far and wide, to over-run Large countries,... | |
 | David Simpson - 1780 - 628 str.
...a dead Calm flops ev'ry failing Aim. HYMN HYMN CCCXLIV. err who count it glorious to fubdue •*• By conqueft far and wide, to over-run Large countries,...: what do thefe worthies But rob and fpoil, burn, flaughtei, and inflave Peaceable nations, neighb'ring, or remote, Made captive, yetdeferving freedom... | |
 | John Milton - 1784 - 278 str.
...men not worthy' of fame. 70 They err who count it glorious to fubdne By conqueft far and wide, t» over-run Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by iiflault: what do thefe worthies, But rob and fpoil, burn, flaughter, and enflave 75 Peaceable nations,... | |
 | John Milton - 1785 - 360 str.
...Peaceable a perfefl and an upright man, one thatfeareth God, and eJcheitieth evil. See too 11. 3. 69. When glory is falfe glory , attributed To things not glorious, men not worthy of fame. ,] True glory (Tully fays) is the praife of good men, the echo of virtue : but that ape of glory, the... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 str.
...thee, Hast thou seen my servant Job ? Famous he was Heav'n, on Earth less known ; Where glory is false glory attributed To things not glorious, men not worthy' of fame. They err who count it glorious to subdue ji By conquest far and wide, to over-run Large countries, and in field great battels win, Great... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 258 str.
...remember, He afk'd thee, Haft thou feen my fervant Job ? Famous he was in Heav'n, on Earth lefs known; Where glory is falfe glory, attributed To things not glorious, men not worthy' of fame. 70 They err who count it glorious to fubdue By conqucft far and wide, to over -run Large countries,... | |
 | Algernon Sidney - 1794 - 836 str.
...haft thou feen my fervant Job ? Famous he was in heaven, on earth lefs known; Where glory is falfc glory, attributed To things not glorious, men not...of fame. They err who count it glorious to fubdue By conquefl far and wide, to over-run Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities... | |
 | 1795 - 432 str.
...horror but to name 'em. ADDISON. Cato, act ii. THEY err who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide ; to overrun . .. ». .*, Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault: what do these worthies But rob, and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations... | |
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