...the priest Turns atheist, as did Eli's sons, who fill'd 405 With lust and violence the house of God t In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious...loftiest towers, And injury and outrage : and when night 500 Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. Witnene...

...oft than he In temples and at altars, when the priest Turns atheist, as did Eli's sons, who filled With lust and violence the house of God. In courts...night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons, Fine words are not my forte, excuse my style, Even though this scornful circle vote it low. My pathos...

...oft than he In temples and at altars, when the priest Turns atheist, as did Eli's sons, who filled With lust and violence the house of God. In courts...night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons 26 PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN. Fine words are not my forte, excuse my style, Even though this scornful circle...

...oft than he In temples and at altars, when the priest Turns atheist, as did Eli's sons, who filled With lust and violence the house of God. In courts...night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Fine words are not my forte, excuse my style, Even though this scornful circle vote it low. My pathos...

...violence the house of God ? And in luxurious cities, where the noise In courts and palaces he also reigns, Of riot ascends, above their loftiest towers, And injury and outrage: and when night 500 Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. In Gibeah,...

...the only disturbers of the world's repose—the only destroyers that walk abroad in darkness. Alas ! Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine." - When night Then, too, the robber goes forth to perpetrate his deeds of violence and rapine; then,...

...with riots, banquets, sports, Henry V., i. 1. K. John. and civil tumult reigns King John, iv. 2. - in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers PL, i. 499. a broken foe, With tumult less and with less hostile din Id., ii. 1040. The unfettered...

...thinking of those pests of London when he dictated the noble lines, — " And in luxurious cities, when the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers,...the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine." temptiblc. There was an act of Common Council which provided that more than a thousand watchmen should...

...thinking of those pests of London when he dictated the noble lines, — " And in luxurious cities, when the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers,...the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine." t Seymour's London. contemporaries. His scheme was enthusiastically applauded, and furiously attacked....

...thinking of those pests of London when he dictated the noble lines,— « And in luxurious cities, when the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers,...sons • Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.' 1 writing. Many years after the date of Heming's patent there were extensive districts in which no...