 Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volley ; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven...  The Works of Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theognis - Page 35by Hesiod, Callimachus, Theognis, James Davies, Sir Charles Abraham Elton, Henry William Tytler, John Hookham Frere - 1856 - 495 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1853 - 376 pages
...strength, And of their wonted vigour left them drain'd, §51 Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fall'n. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volly, for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heaven. 855 The overthrown he rais'd, and... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 726 pages
...found means to make his readers conceive an idea of him beyond what he himself was able to describe. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd...meant Not to destroy, but root them out of Heaven. No.SS9.] SPECTATOR. 117 In a word, Milton's genius, which was so great in itself, and so strengthened... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 698 pages
...found means to make his readers conceive an idea of him beyond what he himself was able to describe. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd...meant Not to destroy, but root them out of Heaven. In a word, Milton's genius, which was so great in itself, and so strengthened by all the helps of learning,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...their strength, And of their wonted vigour left them drain'd, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fall'n. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd...meant Not, to destroy, but root them out of heaven : The overthrown he rais'd, and as a herd Of goats4 or timorous flock together throng'd Drove them... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1880 - 712 pages
...idea of him beyond what he himself wai able to describe. Yet half his strength he put not forth, liut check'd His thunder in mid volley ; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of Heaven. In a word, Milton's genius, which was so great in itself, and so strengthened by all the helps of learning,... | |
 | John Milton - 1880 - 654 pages
...spiritless, afflicted, fallen. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but checked His thunder in mid-volley; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of Heaven. The overthrown he raised, and, as a herd Of goats or timorous flock together thronged, Drove them before... | |
 | John Milton - 1881 - 590 pages
...drained, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but checked His thunder in mid volley ; for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of Heaven : The overthrown he raised, and, as a herd Of goats or timorous flock together thronged, Drove them... | |
 | Philip Schaff, Arthur Gilman - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1880 - 1108 pages
...drained, Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fallen. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but checked o bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, — The overthrown he raised, and as a herd Of goats or timorous flock together thronged Drove them before... | |
 | John Milton - 1881 - 894 pages
...strength, And of their wonted vigour left them drain'd, 851 Exhausted, spiritless, afflicted, fall'n. Yet half his strength he put not forth, but check'd His thunder in mid volly, for he meant Not to destroy, but root them out of heav'n. The overthrown he rais'd, and as a... | |
 | H. Griffith - Apologetics - 1882 - 184 pages
...while quite as much to the point, would have imparted to his objection a still more formidable look. ' Half his strength he put not forth, but check'd his thunder in midvolley !'* I am not sure, much is to be gained by a different calculation, but it can do no harm... | |
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