I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat. English Prose Writings of John Milton - Pagina 323door John Milton - 1889 - 446 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Alonzo Potter - 1858 - 468 pagina’s
...nature and Providence. " It must be no fugitive and cloistered virtue* unexercised and unbrcathed, that never sallies out and . seeks her adversary, but slinks out of the race, when * Milton. that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat." " In this theatre... | |
| 1858 - 866 pagina’s
...our gracious Preserver after having been seven weeks at sea. A BATTLE MUST PRECEDE VICTORY. I CAN NOT praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1859 - 226 pagina’s
...vero habere nrtutem satis est, quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare, and from our Milton, who says,—-" I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue,...unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1859 - 236 pagina’s
...vero habere virtutem satis est, quasi artem aliquam, nisi utare, and from our Milton, who says, — " I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue,...unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without... | |
| David Masson - 1873 - 770 pagina’s
...to virtue and strength consists in full walking amid both, distinguishing, avoiding, and choosing. " I cannot praise a " fugitive and cloistered virtue,...unexercised and unbreathed, " that never sallies out to see her adversary, but slinks out of " the race where that immortal garland is to be run for not"... | |
| Arthur Lloyd Windsor - 1860 - 428 pagina’s
...of the good," &c. What a contrast to the fused warmth which Milton infuses into the same subject. " I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue,...and seeks her adversary, but slinks out of the race when that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat. That virtue, which is but a... | |
| John Tulloch - 1861 - 536 pagina’s
...cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue unexercised and unbreathcd, that never seeks out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that...garland is to be run for not without dust and heat." Elsewhere he says grandly, and in tho highest spirit of freedom, " Though all the winds of doctrine... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1861 - 244 pagina’s
...praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not withoat dust and heat. — Areop. He had taken the words out of the Roman's mouth, without knowing... | |
| James Russell Lowell - 1861 - 236 pagina’s
...vero habere virtutem satis eat, quo6iarlem aliguam, nisi utare, and from our Milton, who says,—"I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without... | |
| Sir John Skelton - 1862 - 512 pagina’s
...sober men. Some of Milton's contemporaries entertained a similar ambition. They were content to cherish a " fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and...garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat," — with what result we know. But at least, if we are to inaugurate a policy of repression, let us... | |
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