 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1841 - 512 pages
...the glow of outward moral excellence. "He that hath light within his own clear breast, , May sit in th' centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides...foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun." $ 241. Of the perception of moral beauty considered as a source of happiness. But, while this source... | |
 | Thomas C. Upham - 1841 - 496 pages
...degree, the glow of outward moral excellence. "He that hath light within his own clear breast, May sit in th' centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a dark soul and foal thoughts, Benighted walks under the midday sun." 4 241. Of the perception of moral beauty considered... | |
 | William Bradford Homer, Edwards Amasa Park - 1842 - 434 pages
...insecure in a rockbuilt mansion — miserable on an archangel's throne. " He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright...under the mid-day sun, Himself is his own dungeon." The heaven of the Christian, — so speaks the tongue of inspiration, so speak the demands of our own... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 pages
...all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. Sec. Br. "Tis most true, That musing meditation most affects The pensive secrecy of desert cell, Far... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a...under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. • * • " How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose; But musical... | |
 | James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 pages
...the different degrees of 'persons.' He that hath light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy bright day; But he that hides a dark...under the mid-day sun: Himself is his own dungeon! 2 C'etoit, par excellence, ce qu'on appclle un galant homtne,—noble, sensible, genereux, plein de... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 830 pages
...all-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, an ia his own dungeon. 385 Sec. Br. 'Tis most true, Of dragon-watch, with unenchanted eye, 391 To save... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...ail-to ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, BenighU'd walks under the mid-day Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. 385 Sec. Br. 'Tis most true, That... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - 1988 - 160 pages
...also a familiar Miltonic device. He that has light with in his own clear breast May sit i'th' center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul...under the midday Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. (Comus, 381-85) Only a reference to blindness is needed to complete the Miltonic formula. Augustine... | |
 | Kathleen Wall - 1988 - 238 pages
...ruffl'd, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own cleer brest May sit i'th center, and enjoy bright day, But he that hides a dark soul,...under the mid-day Sun; Himself is his own dungeon. (98-9, 11. 365-84) It is impossible not to see the Platonic image of the feathered soul embedded in... | |
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He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day : But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon. 
