 Arm his profane tongue with contemptuous words Against the sun-clad power of Chastity Fain would I something say; — yet to what end? Thou hast nor ear, nor soul, to apprehend The sublime notion and high mystery That must be uttered to unfold the sage...  Paradise Lost - Σελίδα xxxτων John Milton - 1851 - 415 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 σελίδες
...that dares Arm his profane tongue with contemptuous words Against the sun-clad power of Chastity Fain 4 785 That must be uttered to unfold the sage And serious doctrine of Virginity; And thou art worthy... | |
 | 1909 - 502 σελίδες
...that dares Arm his profane tongue with contemptuous words Against the sun-clad power of Chastity Fain would I something say ; — yet to what end ? Thou...That must be uttered to unfold the sage And serious doctrine of Virginity ; And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness than this thy... | |
 | John Broadbent - 1973 - 364 σελίδες
...(Comus' lush imagery versus the Lady's vehemently pure abstractions) it generates a convincing violence : Thou hast nor ear, nor soul to apprehend The sublime...That must be uttered to unfold the sage And serious doctrine of virginity, And thou art worthy that thou shouldst not know More happiness than this thy... | |
 | William Kerrigan - 1983 - 372 σελίδες
...the moment at which his Lady, all the eyes of conscience upon her, declares the magic substantive: Thou hast nor Ear nor Soul to apprehend The sublime notion and high mystery That must be utter'd to unfold the sage And serious doctrine of Virginity, And thou art worthy that thou shouldst... | |
 | Stephen C. Behrendt - 1983 - 278 σελίδες
...Milton's Lady responds to Comus with a defense of virtue whose central point seems to be that Comus hast nor Ear nor Soul to apprehend The sublime notion and high mystery That must be utter'd to unfold the sage And serious doctrine of Virginity, And thou art worthy that thou shouldst... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter (Jr.) - 1986 - 260 σελίδες
...that dares Arm his profane tongue with contemptuous words Against the Sun-clad power of Chastity; Fain would I something say, yet to what end? Thou hast...The sublime notion, and high mystery That must be utter'd to unfold the sage And serious doctrine of Virginity. The power the Lady defines is stronger... | |
 | Andrew V. Ettin - 1994 - 236 σελίδες
...eloquence and morally impelled imagination, that her speech will fail to take its auditor with it. Fain would I something say, yet to what end? Thou hast...nor soul to apprehend The sublime notion, and high mystery.24 Young though she is, she is not so naive as to believe that her eloquence itself will dissuade... | |
 | Liam Hudson, Bernadine Jacot - 1995 - 168 σελίδες
...dainty limms which nature lent For gende usage, and soft delicacy? But the Lady is adamant: Thou has nor Ear, nor Soul to apprehend The sublime notion, and high mystery That must be utter'd to unfold the sage And serious doctrine of Virginity. Comus seems to sense danger - 'a cold... | |
 | David Bevington, Peter Holbrook - 1998 - 358 σελίδες
...that dares Arm his profane tongue with contemptuous words Against the Sun-clad power of Chastity Fain would I something say, yet to what end? Thou hast...That must be uttered to unfold the sage And serious doctrine of Virginity. (lines 78o-7) It may be, however, that Milton's new emphasis on the Lady's virginity... | |
 | J. Martin Evans - 1998 - 204 σελίδες
...that dares Arm his profane tongue with contemptuous words Against the Sun-clad power of Chastity; Fain would I something say, yet to what end? Thou hast...The sublime notion, and high mystery That must be utter'd to unfold the sage And serious doctrine of Virginity. [780-87] Sexual abstinence, it now appears,... | |
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