 | John Aikin - 1807 - 696 pages
...seems to owe its origin to that of Hcsiod above cited, nor think tho' man were none, That heaven woHld want spectators, God want praise ; Millions of spiritual...wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praiw bis works behold, Both day and night. I'* ml. L«ti, iv. 675, | Vcr.Mu tinem. n* in h'n account... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...in vain; nor think, though men wert none, 675 That Heav'n would want spectators, God warn praise i Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and whefi we s!etp: All these with ceaseless praise his works behoM Both day and night: how often from... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 296 pages
...given countenance to this opinion by the well-known passage which he puts into the mouth of Adam : " Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep, Kc. "And more strongly still by the description wherein Satan is represented in the act of mspiring... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...with his third liuc in the following passage: — — — Nor think, thongh men were none, That Heav'n would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, hoth when we wake and when we sleep; All these with ceaseless praise his work- hehold Both day and... | |
 | Greek tragic theatre - 1809 - 526 pages
...Orientales, p. 90. Milton knew how to make the finest use of this idea of the harmony of the spheres, How often from the steep Of echoing hill, or thicket,...Celestial voices, to the midnight air (Sole, or responsive to each other's note) Singing their great Creator ? oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly... | |
 | James Beattie - Classical education - 1809 - 406 pages
...Urchins Shall exercise upon thee Prospero to Calyban in the Tempest. See Pope's Iliad, XIII. 199. (j,) How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket...voices, to the midnight air, Sole,— or responsive to each other's note, Singing their great Creator! Par. Lost, b. 4. And over them triumphant Death... | |
 | Alexander Crombie - English language - 1809 - 456 pages
...Definite or Indefinite, not in respect to action, but to time. When, in the passage from Milton, u Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, " Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep.'' he considers " walk" as Indefinite, is it in regard to action? No. " It is," says he., " because... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...then, though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain; nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise: Millions of...voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to others note, K2 Singing their great Creator ? oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...though unbeheld in deep of night, Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators^ God want praise : Millions...voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to others' note, Singing their great Creator ? Oft in bands, While they keep watch, or nightly rounding... | |
 | John Robinson, Piomingo - National characteristics, American - 1810 - 326 pages
...epic poet, when delivering the traditionary belief of Jews, as well as christians, has said or sung, Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen,...Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole or responsive to each other's note. Singing' their great Creator! It must indeed be acknowledged that men, as soon... | |
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Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night. How often, from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the... 
