| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...methinks, I find Of our last evening's talk, in this thy dream, But with addition strange ; yet be not sad. lle wos left off clene. And fro hir home the nine alight anon; And so did all the rem blame behind : which gives me hope That what in sleep thou didst abhor to dream, Wakmg thou never wilt... | |
| Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1824 - 420 pages
...much as this, that the mere entrance of a wicked imagination into the mind is not in itself criminal. Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapprovedj and leave No spot or stain behind. But though we cannot absolutely forbear to think of... | |
| 1824 - 844 pages
...blasphemer. 1 am well aware, Gentlemen, that according to our poet, the illustrious Milton — • " Evil into the mind of God or man, May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or stain behind." But still, Gentlemen, 1 do maintain, that the constant... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 538 pages
...am now considering. But I cannot forhear, under this head, to caution pious and tender minds, ttat are disturbed by the irruptions of wicked imaginations,...God or man May come and go, so unapprov'd, and leave Xo spot or stain behind. MILrON. In futurity chiefly are the snares lodged, by which the imagination... | |
| John Milton - 1825 - 514 pages
...thy load, and taste thy sweet, Nor God, nor man ? Parodist Lost, V. 59. And again, in the same book, Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unreprov'd. 117. Where Newton properly remarks that God must signify Angel, for « God cannot be tempted... | |
| 1825 - 546 pages
...a blasphemer. I am well aware, Gentlemen, that according to our poet, the illustrious Milton — " Evil into the mind of God or man, May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or stain hehind." But still, Gentlemen, 1 do maintain, that the constant... | |
| John Aikin - 1826 - 840 pages
...evening's talk, in this thy dream, But with addition strange ; yet be not sad. Evil into the mind of Cod or Man May come and go, so unapprov'd, and leave No spot or blame behind : which gives me hope That what in sleep thou didst abhor to dream, Waking thou never... | |
| 1827 - 566 pages
...sinful. Johnson's remark, and his quotation from Milton, will give the substance of the whole. — "Thoughts are only criminal, when they are first chosen,...Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or stain behind." — Milton. The second thing, in which the writers... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...methinks I find But with addition strange; yet be not sad. Of our last evening's talk in this thy dream, Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapprov'd, and leave No spot or blame behind; which gives me hope Waking thou never wilt consent to do. That what in sleep thou didst... | |
| John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...mcthinks I find Of our last evening's talk in this thy dream, But with addition strange. Yet he not sad : Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapprov'd, and leave No spot or hlame hehind ; which gives me hope, That what in sleep thou didst ahhor to dream, Waking thou never... | |
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