 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 էջ
...one whole tribe, They had by this possess'd the towers of Gath, And lorded over them whom they now serve : But what more oft, in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Thau to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty ; And to despise,... | |
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 էջ
...one M'hole tribe, They had by this possess'd the towers of Gath, And lorded over them whom they now serve : But what more oft, in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Thau to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty ; And to despise,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 էջ
...threads Touched with the flame: on their whole host I flew Unarmed, and with a trivial weapon felled Their choicest youth ; they only lived who fled Had...of Gath, And lorded over them whom now they serve. And by their vices brought to servitude, But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, Than to love bondage... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 564 էջ
...threads Touched with the flame : on their whole host I flew Unarmed, and with a trivial weapon felled Their choicest youth ; they only lived who fled. Had...possessed the towers of Gath, And lorded over them whom they now serve ; But what more oft, in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 436 էջ
...had become more acceptable to them than liberty. * Gov. Gardner of Mass. t Elliot's Liberty of Rome. "But what more oft, in nations grown corrupt, And...servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty?" The almost superhuman influence which Czesar exerted as Emperor was, however, destined to a swift annihilation.... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 էջ
...they only lived who fled. Had Judah that day join'd, or one whole tribe, ** They had by this possess'd the towers of Gath, And lorded over them whom now they serve : But what more oft, in nations grown corrupt,1 And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, **• ч... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1856 - 40 էջ
...betrays that stage of society which I should be sorry that the poet's words could apply to us so soon, " But what more oft, in nations grown corrupt, And by...servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty." 31 ures having for their object the establishment of a tyranny... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 էջ
...threads Touched with the flame : on their whole host I flew Unarmed, and with a trivial weapon felled Their choicest youth ; they only lived who fled Had...tribe, They had by this possessed the towers of Gath, Aud lorded over them whom now they serve. But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, And by their... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 էջ
...threads Touched with the flame: on their whole host T flew Unarmed, and with a trivial weapon felled Their choicest youth; they only lived who fled. Had...Judah that day joined, or one whole tribe, They had by tills possessed the towers of Goth, And lorded over them whom they now serve: But what more oft, in... | |
 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 548 էջ
...threads Touch'd with the flame : on their whole host I flew Unarm'd, and with a trivial weapon fell'd Their choicest youth : they only lived who fled. Had Judah that day join'd, or one whole tribe, They had by this possess'd the towers of Gatli, And lorded over them whom... | |
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But what more oft in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty... 
