 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 784 דפים
...contentment, which is his chief intended business to all mankind, but that they resist and oppose their own happiness. But when God commands to take the trumpet and blow a dolorous or jarring blast, it lies not in man's will what he shall say or what he shall conceal. If he shall think... | |
 | John Milton - 1866 - 500 דפים
...which he knew would be grievous, brings him in bemoaning his lot, that he knew more than other men. For surely to every good and peaceable man it must in...will, what he shall say, or what he shall conceal. If he shall think to be silent as Jeremiah did, because of the reproach and derision he met with daily,... | |
 | John Milton - 1866 - 520 דפים
...which he knew would be grievous, brings him in bemoaning his lot, that he knew more than other men. For surely to every good and peaceable man it must in...will, what he shall say, or what he shall conceal. If he shall think to be silent as Jeremiah did, because of the reproach and derision he met with daily,—"And... | |
 | 1866 - 976 דפים
...celebrated lines that have the true ring to a tuneful ear as well as to an appreciative intellect : — •' But when God commands to take the trumpet And blow a dolorous or thrilling blast, It rests not with man's will what he shall say Or what he shall conceal." "Was anything... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1849 - 588 דפים
...summed up in the noble words of Milton, ' when God commands to take ' the trumpet and blow a sonorous or a jarring blast, it lies not ' in man's will what he shall say or what he shall conceal.' ART. II. (1.) The Stars and t/te Earth, or Thoughts upon Space, Time, and Eternity. 1847. London: Bailliere.... | |
 | 1952 - 708 דפים
...of such polemics out of your deepest religious and moral convictions, you proudly pointed out that "when God commands to take the trumpet and blow a...will what he shall say or what he shall conceal." TO ALL OF which I hasten to add that all your pamphlets are brightly illuminated from within by your... | |
 | Godfrey Davies - 1959 - 494 דפים
...himself wrote, 'But when God commands to take the trumpet, and blow a dolorous or jarring blast, it ties not in man's will what he shall say or what he shall conceal.' As the civil war went on, he became more and more in favour of extremes. He was virtually the first... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 דפים
...regret that the advancement of knowledge should require controversy, which was not really his task. "But when God commands to take the trumpet and blow...will what he shall say or what he shall conceal." He explains that his "sharp but saving words" are, unfortunately, necessary. "I should not," he goes... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1978 - 226 דפים
...Philology 35 [1938]: 263). Milton's concept of the active life is revealed in his own words and actions: "But when God commands to take the trumpet and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast, it lies not in mans will what he shall say or what he shall conceal" (RCG 3:231). His response to that command, says... | |
 | David Loewenstein, James Turner - 1990 - 308 דפים
...it begins, because Milton has just made the far larger claim that God Himself has "command[ed him] to take the trumpet and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast." His own will, consequently, dissolves into a higher authority. Indeed, so many of the "high" criteria... | |
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For surely to every good and peaceable man, it must in nature needs be a hateful thing to be the displeaser and molester of thousands; much better would it like him doubtless to be the messenger of gladness and contentment, which is his chief intended... 
