 | John Owen, Edward Williams - Bible - 1912 - 504 pages
...the "place eternal justice had prepared for the rebellious, than the following; Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of wo. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest ca.u never dwell. — .-—.1'arad. Lost, Boot... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...and wild : A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, B 2 Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell; hope never comes... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1823 - 326 pages
...but meanly describe the highest Heaven, gives an idea of grandeur and majesty. Milton writes, book iv 63. No light, but rather DARKNESS VISIBLE Served only to discover sights of woe. Perhaps borrowed from Spenser : A little glooming light, much like a shade. Faery Queen. B. i.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 478 pages
...a torch, whichhad this quality peculiar to- infernal lustre, that its light fell only upon faults. No light, but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe. With these fragments of authority, the slaves of FLATTERY and MALEVOLENCE marched out, at the... | |
 | English essays - 1823 - 428 pages
...a torch, which had this quality peculiar to infernal lustre, that its light fell only upon faults. No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe. MILTON'S PL i. 63. With these fragments of authority, the slaves of Flattery and Malevolence marched... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 476 pages
...a torch, which had this quality peculiar to infernal lustre, that its light fell only upon faults. No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe. With these fragments of authority, the slaves of Flattery and Malevolence marched out at the command... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...a torch, which had this quality peculiar to infernal lustre, that its light fell only upon faults. No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe. , MILTON'S FL i. 63. With these fragments of authority, the slaves of Flattery and Malevolence... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - Literature - 1824 - 536 pages
...but meanly describe the highest Heaven, gives an idea of grandeur and majesty. Milton writes, book iv 63, No light, but rather DARKNESS VISIBLE Served only to discover sights of woe. Perhaps borrowed from Spenser : A little glooming light, much like a shade. Faery Queen, B. i.... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - Sermons - 1824 - 366 pages
...• • A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from these flames No light, but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That... | |
 | Charles Tennant - Europe - 1824 - 506 pages
...where no cheering ray of day-light ever penetrated, and where now, from our dimly burning candles, " No light, but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe." For every chamber ray guide had some fearful tale to tell, as if purposely to increase the horrors... | |
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A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe... 
