 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 121by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1860 - 424 pages
...heard: 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...violence; for this was all thy care, To stand approved in eight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse: tte easier conquest now Remains thee, aided by this... | |
 | Leroy Jones Halsey - Bible - 1860 - 460 pages
..." 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 arms." VIII. CYRUS AND THE GREAT KINGS. There are no chapters in the Bible more wonderful and attractive than... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1860 - 582 pages
...hoard. "'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 arme; And for the testimony of truth hast horno Universal reproach, Jar worse to bear Than violence;... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1861 - 816 pages
..." ' Servant of God, well done; well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'*! 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 scorn'd... | |
 | William Beal (Wesleyan minister.) - 1862 - 108 pages
...beauty of the following lines:— Servant of God, well done! well'hast thou fought The better fight! And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal...Than violence; for this was all thy care, To stand approv'd in sight of God, though men Judg'd thee perverse. John "Westley, whether regarded as a son,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...our poison'd youth, And lend a lie the confidence of truth. JUYENAL. Thou for the testimony of the truth hast borne, Universal reproach; far worse to...sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse. MlLTON. Truth, and peace, and love shall ever shine About the supreme throne Of Him, t' whose happy-making... | |
 | Christian union - 1892 - 460 pages
...have compelled men to think of him as one who fought " The better fight, who single has maintained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in...than they in arms, And for the testimony of truth has borne Universal reproach, far worse to bear Than violente ; for this was all thy care— To stand... | |
 | John Scott Clark - American poetry - 1900 - 886 pages
...Lady. " Servant of God, well done ! Well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in...approved in sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse."—Paradise Lost. 7. Fondness for the Indefinite.—" He was fonder of the vague, perhaps... | |
 | W. V. Byars - Oratory - 1901 - 616 pages
...Shakespeare : • Othello* Act IV. Well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in...Universal reproach, far worse to bear Than violence. — Milton : * Paradise Lost,' Book VI. Faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he ; Among... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 - 1902 - 362 pages
...— " Servant of God, well done! well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of Truth, in...they in arms, And for the testimony of truth hast horne .... reproach, far worse to bear Than violence: for this was all thy care, To stand approved... | |
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