 And all things weigh'd in custom's falsest scale ; Opinion an omnipotence — whose veil Mantles the earth with darkness, until right And wrong are accidents, and men grow pale Lest their own judgments should become too bright, And their free thoughts...  The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review - Stran 208uredili: - 1818Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Truman Marcellus Post - 1856 - 264 strani
...and e?"!5ls.ien>ent of the human mind, and with the enev •.e» of progress, " grew pale Lest men's judgments should become too bright, And their free thoughts be crimes, and earth Have too much light.'1 If Protestantism therefore be arraigned for its phi:osophy, as a crime, we •are willing,... | |
 | David Urquhart - 1856
...constituents." A Poet (Byron) having seen the monster full grown, thus portrays him, — " Opinion, an Omnipotence whose veil Mantles the earth with darkness until right And wrong are accidents." But what I am dealing with is "a public opinion," not a word, but a power; not the frailties of individuals... | |
 | David Urquhart - 1856 - 350 strani
...constituents." A Poet (Byron) having seen the monster full grown, thus portrays him, — " Opinion, an Omnipotence whose veil Mantles the earth with darkness until right And wrong are accidents." But what I am dealing with is "a public opinion," not a word, but a power ; not the frailties of individuals... | |
 | Jerome Kidder - 1857 - 360 strani
...and truth a gem that lores the deep, And all things weighed in custom's falsest scale : Opinion is omnipotence, whose veil Mantles the earth with darkness...accidents, and men grow pale Lest their own judgments shonld become too bright, And their free thoughts be crimes,and earth hare too much light." NOTE 17.—... | |
 | Mary Hayden Pike - 1857
...custom's falsest scale, Opinion is omnipotence, whose veil Mantles the earth with darkness, until rirht And wrong are accidents, and men grow pale Lest their own judgments should beeome too bright, And their free thoughts be crimes, and earth have too much lisjht." CJIILUE HAROLD.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1859 - 827 strani
...and truth a gem which loves the deep, And nil things weigh'd in custom's falsest scale ; Opinion an omnipotence, — whose veil Mantles the earth with...thoughts be crimes, and earth have too much light. XC1V. And thus they plod in sluggish misery, Rotting from sire to son, and age to age, Proud of their... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1860
...the deep, And all things weigh'd in custom's falsest scale ; Opinion an omnipotence, — whose vet Mantles the earth with darkness, until right And wrong...and men grow pale Lest their own judgments should hecome too hright, And their free thoughts he crimes, and earth have too much light. (1l See " Historical... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1861
...and truth a gem which loves the deep, And all things weigh'd in custom's falsest scale; Opinion an omnipotence, —whose veil Mantles the earth with...thoughts be crimes, and earth have too much light. 3tciv. And thus they plod in sluggish misery, Rotting from sire to son, and age to age, Proud of their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1861 - 1071 strani
...And all things wcigh'd in custom's falsest scale : Opinion and Omnipotence, — whose veil Mtntlcs the earth with darkness, until right And wrong are...Lest their own judgments should become too bright, ind their free thoughts be crimes, and earth have too much light. XCIV. And thus they plod in sluggish... | |
 | Kinahan Cornwallis - 1862 - 337 strani
...and truth a gem which lovea the deep, And all things weighed in custom's falsest scale, Opinion, an Omnipotence, whose veil Mantles the earth with darkness,...thoughts be crimes, and earth have too much light." " Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert, whence arise But weeds of dark... | |
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