 maintained 30 Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms, And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach, far worse to bear Than violence ; for this was all thy care— To stand approved in sight of...  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 129by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Alden Sampson - Literary Criticism - 1913 - 348 pages
...heard: 'Servant of God, well done! Well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in...worlds Judged thee perverse. The easier conquest now Remains thee, * * * * Back on thy foes more glorious to return, * * * * and to subdue By force who... | |
 | Hugo Gutsche - Endowed public schools (Great Britain) - 1914 - 178 pages
...wickedness: „Servant of God! well done! well hast thou fought The better fight, who singly hast maitained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of Truth, in...sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse." In der zu fünf t genannten Predigt gibt er die von uns Seite 63—65 unter Lehre III C ausgeführte... | |
 | John Milton - 1917 - 700 pages
...midst a golden cloud, thus mild was heard : — Wore the seat supreme ; from whence a voice, "gainst revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier...worlds Judged thee perverse. The easier conquest now Remains thee — aided by this host of friends, Back on thy foes more glorious to return '"Servant... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 712 pages
...29-37] "Servant of God, well done! Well hast tliou fought The better fight, who single hast maintained ex; 2. THE POEM Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought... | |
 | Lindsay Bartholomew Longacre - 1922 - 184 pages
...volume. Servant of God, well done; well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintained Against revolted multitudes the Cause Of Truth, in word mightier than they in Armes. * —Milton. And the vision of the dream was this: He saw Onias, him thai was high! priest,...... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1923 - 338 pages
..."'Servant of God, well done! Well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintained so Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in...worlds Judged thee perverse. The easier conquest now Remains thee — aided by this host of friends, Back on thy foes more glorious to return Than scorned... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1925 - 450 pages
...heard. Servant of Cod, well done; well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the Cause Of Truth, in...Than violence: for this was all thy care. To stand approv'd in sight of God, though Worlds Judg'd thee perverse: the easier conquest now Remains thee,... | |
 | Galbraith Miller Crump - Literary Criticism - 1975 - 196 pages
...courage: Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the Cause Of Truth, in word mightier than they in Arms. (VI. 29-32; emphasis added) Immediately preceding the angelic song in Book VII, the Son or Logos returns... | |
 | Raman Selden - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 222 pages
...Satan: Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in...testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach... (VI. 29ff.) Abdiel's sole concern was ‘To stand approved in sight of God, though worlds/Judged thee... | |
 | John M. Steadman - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 234 pages
...(PL 5.902-3), and he is subsequently rewarded with divine approval: . . . who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the Cause Of Truth, in...testimony of Truth hast borne Universal reproach. (PL 6.29-34) An exemplar of zeal, Abdiel is also a suffering witness to truth and thus a model of "the... | |
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