 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 oldal
...spirit that fell From heaven ; for e'en in heaven his looks and thoughts 680 Were always downward hent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught, divine or holy, else enjoy 'd In vision heatific : hy him first Men also, and hy his suggestion taught, Ransack'd the centre,... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1835 - 696 oldal
...e'en in litav'n hie looks and thought! Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heavVs pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific : by him flrst Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Ransack'd the centre, and with impious hand*... | |
 | John Harris - 1836 - 352 oldal
...Recording the history of Mammon — the Scripture personification of cupidity — he describes him as " the least erected spirit that fell From heaven : for...divine or holy else, enjoyed In vision beatific." The moral of which is, that covetousness is one of the eldest-born of sin, and a prime leader in the... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 oldal
...cast a rampart. Mammon led them on ; Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Bansack'd the centre,... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 470 oldal
...a rampart. Mammon led them on ; Mammon , the least erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Ransack'd the centre,... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 426 oldal
...a rampart. Mammon led them on ; Mammon , the least erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Ransack'd the centre,... | |
 | John Milton - 1837 - 524 oldal
...cast a rampart. Mammon led them on ; Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent ; admiring more « ne retiendra jamais des Esprits célestes en « captivité , ni l'abîme ne les couvrira longit... | |
 | J. Slade - 1838 - 400 oldal
...most prominent vice. It might have been the firstborn of sins. Milton refers to it in these lines— " the least erected spirit that fell " From Heaven:...pavement, trodden gold, " Than aught divine or holy else, engaged " In vision beatific." You have spoken of the uses of money—the necessity of its obtainment,... | |
 | J. Slade - 1838 - 370 oldal
...prominent vice. It might have been the firstborn of sins. Milton refers to it in these lines — " the least erected spirit that fell " From Heaven :...pavement, trodden gold, " Than aught divine or holy else, engaged " In vision beatific." You have spoken of the uses of money — the necessity of its obtainment,... | |
 | English monthly tract society - 1838 - 640 oldal
...conduct will remind the reader of " Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heav'n ; for e'en in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific." PARADISE LOST, bi 678 — 683. It will thus appear, that to constitute... | |
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Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven; for even in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision... 
