 | Samuel Austin Allibone - American literature - 1882 - 1192 pages
...clared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly stained with the image nnd superscription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we know how to prliw : And of these wa* Milton. The sight of his book*, the sound of hi* name, are pleasayt to us.... | |
 | James Hogg, Florence Marryat - 1883 - 876 pages
...which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly strmped with the image and superscription of the Most High....to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger sent down from the gardens of paradise to the earth, distinguished... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay - English literature - 1883 - 1254 pages
...the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly stamped with the...that we know how to prize ; and of these was Milton. TJir liçht-Tf Ыя books, the sound of his name, are pleasant" icf us. "JES thoughts resemble (Kase"celésfíal... | |
 | Henry Elliot Shepherd - English language - 1883 - 160 pages
...privilege of reading Homer to him, or of taking down the immortal accents which flowed from his lips. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are...celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger sent down from the garden of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions... | |
 | Esther J. Trimble Lippincott - American literature - 1884 - 536 pages
...balance, and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly stamped with the...celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay (baron [essays], Milton.), Alexander Mackie - English language - 1884 - 216 pages
...the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly stamped with the image and super- 15 scription of the Most High. These great men we trust that we...those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin 20 Martyrt of Massinger sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1885 - 916 pages
...the halance and have not been found wanting, which have been deelared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly stamped with the...trust that we know how to prize ; and of these was Jlilton. The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to us. His thoughts resemble those... | |
 | Church congress - 1885 - 650 pages
...the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the general consent of mankind, and which are visibly stamped with the image and superscription of the Most High." * But the question may be asked, " What more can be done ? " Can these agencies be strengthened and... | |
 | 1895 - 1074 pages
...the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling by the common consent of mankind, and which are visibly stamped with the...superscription of the Most High. These great men we trust we know how to prize." Hotes anb Queries. THE RIVAL MONUMENTS AT WASHINGTON TO HAHNEMANN AND RUSH.... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling jby the general consent y is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity...needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing of Massinger sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, distinguished from the productions... | |
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But there are a few characters which have stood the closest scrutiny and the severest tests, which have been tried in the furnace and have proved pure, which have been weighed in the balance and have not been found wanting, which have been declared sterling... 
