 | Thomas Erskine May - 1878 - 608 σελίδες
...neither peace nor liberty to the people : it had disappointed the hopes of republicans : ' it had 1 ' Where is this goodly tower of a commonwealth which...they would build to overshadow kings, and be another 454 ENGLAND. dispelled the visions of religious and political enthusiasts : it had outraged all the... | |
 | Thomas Erskine May - 1878 - 590 σελίδες
...peace nor liberty to the people : it had disappointed the hopes of republicans :i it had 1 ' Whore is this goodly tower of a commonwealth which the English...they would build to overshadow kings, and be another dispelled the visions of religious and political enthusiasts : it had outraged all the parties, in... | |
 | Andrew Reed - 1880 - 474 σελίδες
...displeasure, Milton observed — " And what will they say of us and of the whole English name but scoffingly, as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour, who began to build and was not able to finish? Where is this goodly tower of a Commonwealth, which the English boasted... | |
 | 1883 - 658 σελίδες
...material, would be very likely to find himself in the position of the man mentioned in the parable, who began to build a tower and was not able to finish it. Joseph Brotherton, a former MP for Salford, was fond of saying that his riches consisted not so much... | |
 | John Milton - 1889 - 468 σελίδες
...our neighbours. And what will they at best say of us, and of the whole English name, but scoffingly, as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour,...boasted they would build to overshadow kings, and bo another Rome in the west ? The foundation indeed they laid gallantly, but fell into a worse confusion,... | |
 | John Milton, James Augustus St. John - 1890 - 590 σελίδες
...our neighbours. And what will they at best say of us, and of the whole English name, but scoffingly, as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour,...able to finish it? Where is this goodly tower of a common wealth, which the English boasted they would build to overshadow kings, and be another Rome... | |
 | William James Linton - 1891 - 250 σελίδες
...Where is the heroism which made England great abroad, for all the unchristian slavery at home 1 And where is this goodly tower of a Commonwealth which...overshadow kings, and be another Rome in the West 1 Who shall begin to build its bricks one upon the other, who shall lay the first stone 1 Or is the... | |
 | Philoxenus (Bishop of Hierapolis) - 1894 - 812 σελίδες
...be not laughed at by all those who pass along the road, even as our Lord spake concerning that man who began to build a tower and was not able to finish it, that he became a laughing-stock and a mockery to all who saw him.1 And who is this man who began the... | |
 | Claude Halstead Van Tyne - 1913 - 28 σελίδες
...back or rather creep back ... to their once abjured and detested thraldom of kingship ". He asked, " Where is this goodly Tower of a Commonwealth, which...English boasted they would build to overshadow Kings?" Masson, Life of Milton, V. 647. 103 American Archives, fourth series, IV. 1544-1548. 104 Paine, Common... | |
 | 1914 - 680 σελίδες
...best say of us, and of the whole English name, but SCOffingly as of that 35 foolish builder mentiond by our Saviour, who began to build a Tower, and was...Common-wealth which the English boasted they would build, to overshaddow kings and be another Rome in the west ? The foundation indeed they laid gallantly, but... | |
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Where is this goodly Tower of a Commonwealth, which the English boasted they would build to overshadow Kings, and be another Rome in the West... 
