 | Great orators - 1881 - 242 pages
...these mythologies? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No ; they were the subject of his immortal song; and though...and laid them in their order as the illustration of that real and exalted faith, the unquestionable source of that fervid genius, which cast a sort of... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1884 - 368 pages
...those mythologies? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No ; they were the subject of his immortal song ; and, though...fervid genius which has cast a kind of shade upon most of the other works of man : " He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne,... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams - Speeches, addresses, etc., English - 1884 - 322 pages
...those mythologies? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No ; they were the subject of his immortal song ; and, though...fervid genius which has cast a kind of shade upon most of the other works of man : " He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne,... | |
 | Oliver Ernesto Branch - Readers - 1886 - 338 pages
...those mythologies ? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No! they were the subject of his immortal song : and, though...order as the illustration of real and exalted faith. Thus, you will find all that is great, or wise, or splendid, or illustrious amongst created things... | |
 | 1888 - 636 pages
...versed than Mr jne in the superstitions of the world ? No ; they were the subject * (To be ctmfimfcd.J of his immortal song ; and, though shut out from all...fervid genius which has cast a kind of shade upon most of the other works of man : (25°) " He pass'd the naming bounds of place and time : The living... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - Orators - 1896 - 478 pages
...Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No ! they were the subjects of his immortal song, and he poured them forth from the stores of a memory rich...unquestionable source of that fervid genius which has cast a shade on the other works of man : " He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time, The living throne,... | |
 | Henry Hardwicke - Orators - 1896 - 546 pages
...Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No! they were the subjects of his immortal song, and he poured them forth from the stores of a memory rich...their order as the illustration of real and exalted faith—the unquestionable source of that fervid genius which has cast a shade on the other works of... | |
 | William B. Cairns - English language - 1896 - 382 pages
...those mythologies? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world ? No ; they were the subject of his immortal song ; and, though shut out from all recurrence to them, he poured 315 them forth from the stores of a memory rich with all that man ever knew, and laid them in their... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1899 - 462 pages
...understand those mythologies ? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world? No; they were the subject of his immortal song; and though...kind of shade upon all the other works of man — "He pass'd the bounds of flaming space, Where angels tremble while they gaze — He saw, — till, blasted... | |
 | English Orators - 1899 - 616 pages
...understand those mythologies? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the superstitions of the world? No; they were the subject of his immortal song; and, though...fervid genius which has cast a kind of shade upon most of the other works of man: " He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time: The living throne,... | |
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Christian fable is but the tale of the more ancient superstitions of the world, and may be easily detected by a proper understanding of the mythologies of the Heathens. Did Milton understand those mythologies ? Was he less versed than Mr. Paine in the... 
