 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1907 - 872 pages
...subject, in order that the bewilderment of scientific men may be a matter of entertainment to Him ! He His fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes,...to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide. Or, again, we may remember the harsh contortions of dry cachinnation indulged in by the rebel spirits,... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 424 pages
...or years: This to attain, whether heaven move or earth, Imports not, if thon reckon right; the rest From man or angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets to be scann'd by them who ought Rather admire; or, if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the heavens... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 574 pages
...list to try Conjecture, he his f.ibric of the Heaven* Hath Irrt to their disputes, perhaps to move Hit laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven Anil calculate the stars, huw they will wield The mighty frame, how build, unbuild, contrive Towve... | |
 | Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare - 1861 - 652 pages
...Raphael says, The Great Architect Bid wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets, to be scnnned by them who ought Rather admire; or, if they list...heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move nis laughter at their quaint opinion* mtle Hereafter. When they come to model heaven, And calculate... | |
 | John Bickford Heard - 1862 - 196 pages
...able to bear : — " Whether heaven move or earth, Imports not, if thou reckon right — the rest, From man or angel, the great Architect Did wisely...divulge His secrets to be scanned by them who ought Bather to admire — or if they list to try Conjecture, He his fabrick of the heavens Hath left to... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 568 pages
...years' This to attain, whether heav'n move, or earth, Imports not, if thou reckon right ; the rest Prom man or angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets to be scann'd by them who ought Kather admire ; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the heav'ns... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - 1864 - 458 pages
...reading that passage in Paradise Lost, where, in reply to Adam's questions about the stars, Raphael says, The Great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not...fabric of the heavens Hath left to their disputes, pernapt to mote nis laughter at (heir quaint opinions wide Hereafter. When they come to model heaveu,... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 708 pages
...true. This knowledge we may tttiU attain; the rest, — other more curtoiui PARADISE LOST. BOOK VIII. From man or angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets to be scann'd by them who ought Rather admire; or, if they list to try 75 Conjecture, he his fabric of the... | |
 | 1865 - 654 pages
...illustrated the argument which Raphael, the archangel, addressed to our first parent in Paradise : — ' The Great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets to be scann'd by them who ought Rather admire ; or, if they list to try Conjecture, He his fabric of the... | |
 | 1866 - 410 pages
...years. This to attain, whether heaven move or earth n Imports not, if thou reckon right ; the rest From man or angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets to be scann'd by them who ought Rather admire ; or if they list to try n 66 sake] ' Sic ait, ao mediis interserit... | |
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From man or angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge His secrets to be scanned by them who ought Rather admire ; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter... 
