 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 psl.
...discourse more sweet (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense,) Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, 560 And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 psl.
...discourse more sweet (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense) Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, 560 And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 psl.
...discourse more sweet, (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense). Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate j Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge ahsolute; And found no end in wand 'ring mazes lost. Of good... | |
 | Longinus - 1800 - 238 psl.
...difficulty of making advancements in such unfathomable points. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, fore-knowledge, will, and fate, Fixt fate, free-will, fore-knowledge absolute ; And found no end in wand'ring mazes lost, i Pyrr/n,... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 psl.
...more sweet 555 (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense,) Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, 560 And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil... | |
 | 1803 - 402 psl.
...spirits, without that cast of horror and melancholy he has so judiciously mingled with them. " Others apart sat on a hill retired, " In thoughts more elevate,...high " Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, .• Fixt fete, freewill, foreknowledge absolute, " And found no end in wandering maxes lost." In our... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 psl.
...horror and melancholy he has so judiciously mingled with them. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixt fate, freewill, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. In our present... | |
 | Ely Bates - 1806 - 445 psl.
...that endeavoured to divert their griefs by musical strains, and various feats of war and agility, " Sat on a hill, retired, In thoughts more elevate,...free-will, fore-knowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argu'd then, Of happiness and final misery, Passion... | |
 | John Evans - 1807 - 344 psl.
...Others apart, sat on a hill retir'd, " In thoughts more elevate, ainl reasonid high, " Of provktance, fore-knowledge, will, and fate; " Fix'd fate; free-will,...absolute, " And found no end — in wandering mazes lost !" To short-sighted mortals, with all their boasted wisdom, the subject must appear dark, and in many... | |
 | John Evans - 1808 - 342 psl.
...angelic minds, according to the representation of Milton :— " Others apart, sat on a hillretir'd, "In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high, ** Of...fore-knowledge absolute, " And found no end — in uandering mazei lost I" To short-sighted mortals, with all their boasted^ wisdom, the subject must... | |
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Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. 
