 To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory; and for glory done Of triumph, to be styled great conquerors, Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods; Destroyers...  Washington, Or, Liberty Restored: A Poem, in Ten Books - Page 46by Thomas Northmore - 1809 - 253 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1837 - 510 pages
...those days might only shall be admired, And valour and heroic virtue call'd : To overcome in battel, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite...human glory ; and for glory done Of triumph, to be styled great conquerours, Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods; Destroyers rightlier call'd,... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...days, might only shall be admir'd, And valour and heroic virtue call'd : 690 To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite...Of human glory, and for glory done Of triumph to be styl'd great conquerors, 695 Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods, Destroyers rightlier call'd... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...days, might only shall be admir'd, And valour and heroic virtue call'd : 690 To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite...Of human glory, and for glory done Of triumph to be styl'd great conquerors, 095 Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods, Destroyers rightlier call'd... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Bible - 1841 - 390 pages
...Atan-plaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of juman glory, and for glory done Of triumph, to be styl'd great conquerors, Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons...— Destroyers rightlier call'd and plagues of men. Thus fame shall be achieved, renown on earth, And what most merits fame in silence hid. 8. It is the... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...valor and heroic virtue call'd ; To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring homo spoils wilh [ [ [ Z:Y M S T \ \ GS7S ' C T [ [ XG[yU ! ? \mZ/YWWXWYWZW Z \ \!\ Y >+W,W Z PU& lo be styl'd great conquerors. Patrons of mankind, gods and sons of gods ; Destroyers rightlier call'd,... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 pages
...think, the meaning of the passage. Let the passage be printed thus, and it will be quite clear : — - " Shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory, and (for glory done) Of triumph, to be held great conquerors.** " For glory done," means, OH account of glory achieved. 711. The construction... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...battle, and subdue " Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite , . " Man-slaughter, shall beheld the highest pitch " Of human glory ; and for glory done " Of triumph, to bestyl'd great conquerors, " Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods — " Destroyers rightlier... | |
 | Free thought - 1842 - 1124 pages
...from above : him old and young Exploded, and had seized with violent hands. To overcome in battle, and subdue , Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite...; Destroyers rightlier call'd and plagues of men. Thus fame shall be achieved, renown on earth, And what most merits fame, in silence hid. JOHN MILTON... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1842 - 512 pages
...overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Manslaughter, shall lie held the highest pitch Of human glory, and for glory done Of triumph, to be styl'd great conquerors, Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods, Destroyers rightlier call'd, and... | |
 | Eliza Robbins - Biography (Classical). - 1843 - 268 pages
...those days might only shall be admired, And valor and heroic virtue call'd.— To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite...human glory, and for glory done Of triumph, to be styl'd great conquerors, Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods,— Destroyers rightlier call'd... | |
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