 | John Milton - 1881 - 528 Seiten
...tribe, They had by this possess'd the towers of Gath, And lorded over them whom now they serve. Eut 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1882 - 514 Seiten
...fell'd Their choiceft youth ; they only liv'd who fled. Had Judah that day join'd, or one whole Tribe, They had by this poffefs'd the Towers of Gath, And...corrupt, And by their vices brought to fervitude, Then to love Bondage more then Liberty, 270 Bondage with eafe then ftrenuous liberty ; And to defpife,... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1883 - 554 Seiten
...whole tribe, They had by this possest 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... | |
 | 1884 - 750 Seiten
...whole tribe. They had by this possessed 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 Londage more than liberty, Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty ; And to... | |
 | George Eliot - 1885 - 512 Seiten
...shall never forget four great lines of the " Samson Agonistes " to which it did perfect justice — " 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." The... | |
 | Mary Ann Evans - 1885 - 506 Seiten
...shall never forget four great lines of the " Samson Agonistes " to which it did perfect justice— " 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." The... | |
 | George Eliot - 1885 - 398 Seiten
...shall never forget four great lines of the "Samson Agonistes" to which it did perfect justice — " 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." The delighted... | |
 | George Eliot - 1885 - 366 Seiten
...shall never forget four great lines of the "Samson Agonistes" to which it did perfect justice — " 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." The delighted... | |
 | Andrew Robert Fausset - 1885 - 368 Seiten
...whole tribe, They had by this possessed 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... | |
 | Albert Hamann - 1886 - 44 Seiten
...foreign bondage. Here again the condition of England after the. Restoration is clearly referred to: ,,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... | |
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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... 
