 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
 | 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... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Reference - 1998 - 686 pages
...Paradise Lost Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight, who sIngle has maintained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in word mightier than they in arms. 7615 Paradise Lost Necessity and chance Approach not me. and what I will is fate. 7616 ParadIse I.ost... | |
 | David Gay, James G. Randall, Arlette Zinck - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 236 pages
...Father: Servant of God, well done, well hast thou fought The better fight, who single hast maintained Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth, in...sight of God, though worlds Judged thee perverse. (6: 29-37) The Father's commendation of Abdiel's stand is prudently couched in general terms, but there... | |
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