 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 564 Seiten
...whole tribe, They had by this 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, Than to love bondage more than liberty ; Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty ; And... | |
 | Frederick Saunders, Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 436 Seiten
...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 by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty?" The almost superhuman influence which Czesar exerted... | |
 | Charles Francis Adams - 1856 - 40 Seiten
...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 their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty." 31 ures... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 568 Seiten
...whole tribe, fhoy 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 And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty; And to... | |
 | Sidney George Fisher - 1862 - 414 Seiten
...internal, matter dominates over mind and dulls the soul to the spirit of patriotism and of freedom. "For 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." Into... | |
 | John Milton - 1864 - 584 Seiten
...whole tribe, They had by this possessed the towers of Gathj And lorded over them whom they now serve : But what more oft, in nations grown corrupt, And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, — 270 Bondage with ease, than strenuous liberty... | |
 | Samuel Chew - 1864 - 168 Seiten
...just at the time when it is most necessary that they should be remembered and vindicated:— 7* "For 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."* " Bondage... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 Seiten
...whole tribe, They had by this possess'd the towers of Oath, And lorded over them whom now they serve : 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 ; And to... | |
 | 1866 - 376 Seiten
...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, And by their vices brought to servitude, Than to love bondage more than liberty, wo Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty ; And... | |
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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; And to despise, or envy, or suspect Whom GOD hath of His special favour raised As their... 
