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" For dignity composed and high exploit. But all was false and hollow — though his tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Matures! "
"Such Prompt Eloquence": Language as Agency and Character in Milton's Epics - Page 42
by Leonard Mustazza - 1988 - 173 pages
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The Political Register for ...

1768 - 400 pages
...CHARACTER. . ' . ' " On the o THER fide up rofe " BELIAL ; *' A fairer perfon loft not heav'n ; he feem'd *' For dignity compos'd and high exploit : " But. all was FALSE- and HOLLOW ; tho' his tongue " Dropt Manna, and could make the WORSE appear *' The BETTER reafdn." , . - ... Milton,...
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Political Register and Impartial Review of New Books: V. 1-5, Volume 3

1768 - 418 pages
...CHARACTER. " On the OTHER fide up rofe " BELIAL ; «' A fairer perfon loft not hcav'n ; he feem'd " For dignity compos'd and high exploit: " But all was FALSE and HOLLOW ; tho' his tongue " Dropt Manna, and could make the WORSE appear " The BETTER reafon." Milton, Book...
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A Complete Collection of the Genuine Papers, Letters, &c. in the ..., Volume 1

John Wilkes - Great Britain - 1769 - 290 pages
...heav'n ; he feem'd " For dignity compos'd and high exploit : " But ail was FALSE and HOLLOW ; tho' his tongue " Dropt Manna, and could make the WORSE appear *' The BETTER reafon." Milion, Book z. Line 1 08, &c. Mr. Wilkes is determined to bring the affair of the Alteration...
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The North Briton, XLVI: Numbers Complete, Volume 3

Great Britain - 1772 - 222 pages
...LAW. A CHARACTER. " On the OTHER fide up rofe " BELIAL; " A fairer perfon loft notheav'n ; he feem'd " For dignity compos'd and high exploit : " But all...though " his tongue " Dropt Manna, and could make the worfe " appear *« The BETTER reafon." MILTON, book II. line loS, &c. Mr. Wilkes is determined to bring...
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Paradise lost, a poem. With the life of the author [by E. Fenton].

John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...hattle dangerous To less than gods. On th' other side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humanei A fairer person lost not heav'n; he seem'd For dignity...tongue Dropt manna, and could make the worse appear The hetter reason, to perpler and dash Maturest counselsi for his thoughts were low ; To vice industrious,...
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Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...On the other side uprose Belial, in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not heaven ; he seem'd for dignity compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow. . MILTON. Breathless he paus'd, so rapid was the pulse Of his high-beating heart he stood as one Choak'd...
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Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711

John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...side up rose Belial, in act more graceful and humane ; A fairer person lost not Heav'n ; he seem'd lie For dignity compos'd and high exploit : But all was...worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Ivlaturest counsels : for his thoughts were low ; 115 To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds Timorous...
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The Adviser: Or, The Moral and Literary Tribunal ...

John Bristed - 1803 - 326 pages
...withal, in his voice and in his manner; * But all was false and hollow, though his tongue , ' * Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear ' The better reason, to perplex and dash • '. "' ' Maturest Coxmse!,-but his thoughts were loWj' To vice industrious, but to nobler deeds u :••>'• ' Timorous...
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The Eve of San-Pietro: A Tale ...

Mary Anne Neri - Gothic fiction (Literary genre) - 1804 - 310 pages
...• " I am settled, and bend np Each corporal agent to this terrible feat." SHAKESPEARE. " lie secm'd for dignity compos'd And high exploit. But all was false and hollo"w." - ' * MILTON. IN the province of Terra di Lavora, in the kingdom of Naples, stood the Castle of Moraldi,...
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The Youth's Magazine; Or, Evangelical Miscellany

Children - 530 pages
...in the striking lines of our poet: But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna, he could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Matnrest counsels ; for his thoughts were low, To vice industrious, hut to nobler deeds Timorous and...
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