 Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it, by degrees, to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal : but when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act...  Paradise regain'd, a poem. To which is added Samson agonistes; and Poems ... - Page 189by John Milton - 1747Full view - About this book
 | George Townsend - 1850 - 320 pages
...platform. The report of his sermon reminded me of Milton's lines:— . . . . where lavish act of sin Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbrutes, embodies, and denies itself, Till it quite lose &c. Truth and Christian teaching are always... | |
 | Cyrus R. Edmonds - 1851 - 418 pages
...lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, 4SS Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows...clotted by contagion, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp,... | |
 | 1852 - 874 pages
...when Lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp,... | |
 | Adrien Rouquette - 1852 - 170 pages
...but when lust, By unchaste looks, gestures, and foul tali, But most by leva and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imlrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy... | |
 | William Greenleaf Eliot - 1852 - 128 pages
...when lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk. But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts. The soul grows clotted by coutagion, Embodies and imbrutea, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being." When... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 pages
...when Lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows...clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp,... | |
 | William Lovett - 1853 - 496 pages
...when Lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in Defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows...clotted by contagion, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being." 5. One may help one's self greatly in this... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood. — Shakspere. But when Lust Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows...clotted by contagion, Imbodies and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Milton. Lust is, of all the frailties of our... | |
 | John Milton, George Gilfillan - 1853 - 376 pages
...when Lust, By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows...clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp,... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1854 - 568 pages
...when lust By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows...clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being.''* * Comus. Lord Holland's views are all so... | |
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