 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 446 lehte
...which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmoft that vice promifes to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure ; her whitenefs is but an excremental whitenefs ; which was the reafon why our fage and ferious poet Spcnfer,... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 440 lehte
...which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmoft that vice promifes to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure ; her whitenefs is but an excremental whitenefs ; which was the reafon why our iage and ferious poefc Spenfer,... | |
 | Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 lehte
...that which purifies us in trial, and trial is hy what is contrary. That virtue therefore which is hut a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows...vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is hut a hlank virtue, not a pure ; her whiteness is hut an excremcntal whiteness; which was the reason... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 534 lehte
...that which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary. That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows...blank virtue, not a pure ; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness ; which was the reason why our sage and serious poet Spenser, (whom I dare be... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1812 - 466 lehte
...praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, that never sallies out and sees her Adversary that which is but a youngling in the contemplation of Evil, and knows...and rejects it, is but a blank Virtue, not a pure. • Since, therefore, the knowledge and survey of Vice is in this world so necessary to theconstituting... | |
 | John Milton - 1819 - 464 lehte
...by what is contrary. That Vertue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evill, and knows not the utmost that Vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank Vertue, not a pure ; her whitenesse is but an excrementall whitenesse2; which was the reason why our... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 368 lehte
...which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what, is contrary.^ That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows...blank virtue, not a pure ; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness, which was the reason why our sage and jcriqus poet Spenser, whom I dare be known... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 lehte
...which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary. That virtue, therefore, which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows...and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure. — Milton. DCCCXCVI. Consider, that the invisible thing called a good name, is made up of the breath... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 lehte
...which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary. That virtue, therefore, which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows...followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure—Milton. DCCCXCVI. Consider, that the invisible thing called a good name, is made up of the breath... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 358 lehte
...which purifies us is trial, and trial is by what is contrary. That virtue, therefore, which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows...blank virtue, not a pure ; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness; which was the reason why our sage and serious poet Spet'ser (whom I dare be... | |
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That virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil, and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers, and rejects it, is but a blank virtue, not a pure... 
