 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...the licensers. 3 ie, London. EXTRACTS FROM THE "AREOPAGITICA." Ill musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present, as with their...trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and conviucement. This is a lively and cheerful presage of our happy success and victory. For as in a body... | |
 | Charles Knight - Great Britain - 1861 - 654 pages
...than there be pens and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present, as with their...homage and their fealty, the approaching reformation."* But in Paris, in 1789, the literary activity was of a very different character from that of London... | |
 | John [prose Milton (selected]) - 1862 - 396 pages
...than there be pens and heads there, sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present, as with their...trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and conviucement. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge... | |
 | 1863 - 836 pages
...arises the goodly and the graceful symmetry that commends the whole pile and structure;" and again, " what could a man require more from a Nation so pliant...and pregnant soil, but wise and. faithful labourers, &c.," and lastly, "revolving new notions and ideas to present us with their homage and fealty the approaching... | |
 | 1863 - 886 pages
...arises the goodly and the graceful symmetry that commends the whole pile and structure/' and again, " what could a man require more from a Nation so pliant...there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wise sad faithful labourers, &c.," and lastly, "revolving new notions and ideas to present us with their... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 722 pages
...new notions and ideas, wherewith to present with lheir bomage and fealty the approaching Reformation. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant...wants there to such a towardly and pregnant soil, but wife and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of prophets, of sayes, and of worthies?... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 738 pages
...new notions and ideas, wherewith to present with their bomage and fealty the approaching Reformation. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant...to seek after knowledge? What wants there to such a tuwardly and pregnant soil, but wife and faithful labourers, to make a knowing people, a nation of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...than there be pens and heads there, sitting liy their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas, wherewith to present, as with their...approaching reformation ; others as fast reading, tryingnil things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - Great Britain - 1863 - 846 pages
...lamps musing, searching, revolving new notious and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and fealty, the approaching reformation; others as fast...trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincemeut. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prone to seek after knowledge... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1863 - 720 pages
...notions and ideas, wherewith to pi-esent with theirhomage and fealty thé approaching Reformation. What could a man require more from a nation so pliant and so prône to seek after knowledge? What wants there to such a tuwardly and pregnant soil, but wife and... | |
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... sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present, as with their homage and their fealty, the approaching reformation ! others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason... 
