 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...Heav'n ; he seem'd 110 tor dignny compos'd and high explon : But all was false and hollow ; though bis tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels: for his thoughts were low; 115 To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1809 - 344 pages
...that ever held the poetic pencil. A fairer person lost not heav'n : he seem'd For dignity compos'd, and high exploit ; But all was false and hollow —...appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels; for his thoughts were low; To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Tim'rous and slothful... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seem'd For dignity compos' d, and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ;...appear The better reason to perplex and dash Maturest counsels.: for his thoughts were low; To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothful... | |
 | John Sabine - Elocution - 1810 - 308 pages
...in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not heaven ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd and high exploit ; But all was false and hollow; though...worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Matured counsels, for his thoughts were low : To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Tim'imis and... | |
 | Hannah More - Conduct of life - 1810 - 220 pages
...he seem'd For dignity compos'd, and high exploit : . :. " Bat all was false and hollow ; though bis tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Matnrest counsels : for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - Oratory - 1810 - 446 pages
...de- * traders, is the purveyor of fraud, and the pander of delusion. Her tongue drops manna, but to make the worse appear the better reason ; to perplex and dash maturest counsels. She fills the trump of glory with the venal blast of adulation, and binds the wreath of honor... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - English fiction - 1811 - 418 pages
...Upon the whole of his behaviour and conversation, he put me in mind of that character in Milton :— His tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dr-li Maturest counsels . for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious : but to nobler deeds Tim'rous... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 334 pages
...in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not heav'n ; he seem'd, For dignity compos'd and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ;...appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low, To tice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous and slothfulj... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...owned, that in his promises, and pledges as a man, and a minister, they had placed too firm a reliance. "He seemed For dignity composed, and high exploit, But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropped Manna, and could .make the worse appear The letter reason." Who bid poor Britain, of each friend... | |
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For dignity composed and high exploit: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels... 
