 | John Milton - 1853 - 474 pages
...of high renown ; For in those days might only shall be admired, And valour and heroic virtue call'd. To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring...mankind, gods, and sons of gods ; Destroyers rightlier call'd, and plagues of men. Thus fame shall be achieved, renown on earth ; And what most merits fame,... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 370 pages
...high renown ; For in those days might only shall be admir'd, And valour and heroick virtue call'd ; To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring...human glory ;' and for glory done Of triumph, to be styl'd great conquerours, Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods ; Destroyers rightlier call'd,... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 374 pages
...high renown ; For in those days might only shall be admir'd, And valour and heroick virtue call'd ; To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring...human glory ; and for glory done Of triumph, to be styl'd great conquerours, Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods ; Destroyers rightlier call'd,... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...of high renown ; For in those days might only shall be admired, And valour and heroic virtue called. To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring...— Destroyers rightlier called, and Plagues of men. Thus fame shall be achieved, renown on earth, And what most merits fame in silence hid. But he, the... | |
 | Leonard Mustazza - 1988 - 188 pages
...and consequences of "lustful appetence" (11.618) and the Satanic misdefinition of valor and glory: To overcome in Battle, and subdue Nations, and bring...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...those days might only shall be admired, And valour and heroic virtue called; 690 To overcome in batde, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite...Patrons of mankind, gods, and sons of gods Destroyers righdier called, and plagues of men. Thus fame shall be achieved, renown on earth, And what most merits... | |
 | Clay Daniel - 1994 - 194 pages
...immediate consequence is death on a less universal scale, "slaughter and gigantic deeds" (11.659) by great Conquerors, Patrons of Mankind, Gods, and Sons of Gods, Destroyers rightlier call'd and Plagues of men. (11.695-97) After devastating the countryside, harrowing the helpless, and... | |
 | Robert Thomas Fallon - 1995 - 216 pages
...righteous sons of Seth. who, seduced by the daughters of Cain, spawn a race deroted to war in a time when To overcome in Battle, and subdue Nations, and bring...Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human Glory, all a consequence of "those ill-mated Marriages." The conquerors, their battles behind them, soon turn... | |
 | André Verbart - 1995 - 322 pages
...of high renown; For in those dayes Might onely shall be admir'd, And Valour and Heroic Verm call'd; To overcome in Battle, and subdue Nations, and bring...Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human Glorie, and for Glorie done Of triumph, to be styl'd great Conquerours, Patrons of Mankind, Gods, and... | |
 | J. A. Mangan - 1999 - 284 pages
...now completed, these lines from Book IX of Paradise Lost are worth recalling: To overcome in Battel, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite...Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human Glorie, and for Glorie done Of triumph, to be st\ I'd great Conquerors, Patrons of Mankind, Gods, and... | |
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To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory... 
