 Osiris, took the virgin truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body...  The Prose Works of John Milton - Pàgina 185per John Milton - 1845Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pàgines
...should have learned that they sprung up out of the ashes of controversy ; — we should then " imitate the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris !" We should have remembered the era in which he lived, and we should have felt our loss as deeply... | |
 | 1836 - 694 pàgines
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Iris made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down, gathering up limli by limb still as they... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1836 - 676 pàgines
...swords, been hewed in pieces, and her bleeding limbs are scattered to the four •winds; but her friends, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, are going sadly up and down gathering up fragment by fragment, as they can find them. Their efforts... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1837 - 590 pàgines
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...found them all, lords and commons, nor ever shall do," he adds, indeed, " until her Master's second coming :" but the blessed clean of heart were not the... | |
 | 1838 - 598 pàgines
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...found them all, lords and commons ! nor ever shall do, till her Master's second coming ; he shall bring together every joint and member, and mould them into... | |
 | 1838 - 604 pàgines
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieceS. and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...found them all, lords and commons ! nor ever shall do, till her Master's second coming ; he shall bring together every joint and member, and mould them into... | |
 | 1839 - 650 pàgines
...form hewed into a thousand pieces, and scattered to the four winds. From that time," he continues, " ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst...up limb by limb, still as they could find them . We hai'e not yet fnunil them alt, nor fivr sluitl do, tilt her Master" * second coming." Truly a sorrowful... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1839 - 720 pàgines
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering limb by limb still as they could find them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor... | |
 | William Hague - 1839 - 206 pàgines
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...such as durst appear, imitating the careful search which Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down, gathering up every link still as... | |
 | William Hague - 1839 - 242 pàgines
...time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search which Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down, gathering up every link still as they could find them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever... | |
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