 Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.  Paradise Lost in Short: Smith, Stillingfleet, and the Transformation of Epic - Page 38by Kay Gilliland Stevenson, Margaret Seares - 1998 - 195 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | John Milton - 1746 - 464 pages
...fong charms the fenfe) 556 Others apart fat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reafon'd high, Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge abfolute ; y6o And found no end, in wandring mazes loft. E Of Of good and evil, much they argu'd then,... | |
 | John Milton - 1746 - 260 pages
...fong charms the fenfe) 556 Others apart fat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reafon'd high, Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge abfolut* ; 560 And found no end, in wandring mazes loft. Of good, and evil, much they argu'd then,... | |
 | John Milton - 1750 - 630 pages
...Song charms the Senfe) Others apart fat on a Hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate j and reafon'd high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate ; Fix'd Fate, free Will, Foreknowledge abfolute j And found no end, in wandring mazes loft. Atque Atque Dei mens alta ; Futuri gnara Dei mens,... | |
 | John Milton - Epic poetry, English - 1759 - 608 pages
...fong charms the fenfe,) Others apart fat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate? and reafon'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge abfolute, 56o And found no end, in wand' ring mazes loft. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of... | |
 | John Milton - 1763 - 670 pages
...fong charms the fenfe,) Others apart fat on a hill retir'd; In thoughts more elevate, and reafon'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge abfolute, 560 And found no end, in wand'ring mazes loft. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of... | |
 | Bibliography - 1776 - 568 pages
...myfteries of our religion. Milton rcprefents even the devils, In thoughts more elevated, reafoning high, Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge abfolute Finding no cud, in wand'ring mazes loft. Thif might well be the caiê with thoii; infernal... | |
 | English poetry - 1776 - 478 pages
...fong charms the fenfe,) Others apart fat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reafon'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge abfolute, 5fio And found no end, in wand'ring mazes loft. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 276 pages
...fong charms the fenfe,) Others apart fat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reafon'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge abfolute, 560 And found no end, in wand'ring mazes loft. Of good and evil much they argued then, Of... | |
 | Thomas Percival - Moral education - 1781 - 106 pages
...had been driven from heaven for impiety and rebellion, as " fitting on a hill retired, and reafoning high " " Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, " Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge abfolute ; " And found no end, in wand'ring mazes loft." •{I mean not, however, to condemn, indifcriminately,... | |
 | John Milton - 1789 - 278 pages
...fong charms the fenic), Others apart fat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reafon'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge abfolute ; j6« And found no end, in wand'ring mazes loft. Qf goad and evil much ihsy argu'd then,... | |
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