 | Philoxenus (Bishop of Hierapolis) - 1894 - 812 pages
...be not laughed at by all those who pass along the road, even as our Lord spake concerning that man who began to build a tower and was not able to finish it, that he became a laughing-stock and a mockery to all who saw him.1 And who is this man who began the... | |
 | John Milton - 1911 - 304 pages
...foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour, who began to build a tower, and was not able to finish it ? 2 Where is this goodly tower of a commonwealth, which...another Rome in the west ? The foundation, indeed, they laid gallantly, but fell into a worse confusion, not of tongues but of factions, 3 than those at the... | |
 | Claude Halstead Van Tyne - 1913 - 28 pages
...back or rather creep back ... to their once abjured and detested thraldom of kingship ". He asked, " Where is this goodly Tower of a Commonwealth, which...English boasted they would build to overshadow Kings?" Masson, Life of Milton, V. 647. 103 American Archives, fourth series, IV. 1544-1548. 104 Paine, Common... | |
 | 1914 - 680 pages
...best say of us, and of the whole English name, but SCOffingly as of that 35 foolish builder mentiond by our Saviour, who began to build a Tower, and was...Common-wealth which the English boasted they would build, to overshaddow kings and be another Rome in the west ? The foundation indeed they laid gallantly, but... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson, Henry Eldridge Bourne, Robert Livingston Schuyler - 1914 - 1000 pages
...back or rather creep back ... to their once abjured and detested thraldom of kingship ". He asked, " Where is this goodly Tower of a Commonwealth, which...English boasted they would build to overshadow Kings ? " Masson, Life of Milton, V. 647. 103 American Archives, fourth series, IV. 1544-1548. 'rt< Paine,... | |
 | John Milton - 1915 - 288 pages
...but will render us a scorn and derision to all our neighbours. And what will they at best say of us, is this goodly tower of a Common-wealth which the English boasted they would build, to overshaddow kings and be another Rome in the west ? The foundation indeed they laid gallantly, but... | |
 | John Milton - 1915 - 284 pages
...is this goodly tower of a Common-wealth which the English boasted they would build, to overshaddow kings and be another Rome in the west ? The foundation indeed they laid gallantly, but fell into a worse 5 confusion, not of tongues, but of factions, then those at the... | |
 | 1916 - 530 pages
...idealrepublik entwirft und des so schnell vergangenen glanzes der Cromwell'schen republik gedenkt: Where is this goodly tower of a Commonwealth, which...they would build to overshadow kings, and be another Eome in the west? So finden wir also in ihm wie in Cromwell eine vereinigung zweier imperialistischer... | |
 | Western Reserve University - 1924 - 104 pages
...Laughingstock of all Monarchies. "Where is this goodly Tower of a Commonwealth, will Foreners say, which the English boasted they would build to overshadow...another Rome in the West ? The Foundation indeed they laid gallantly, but fell into a worse Confusion, not of Tongues but of Factions, than those at the... | |
 | John Milton - 1985 - 468 pages
...at best say of us and of the whole English name, but scoffingly as of that foolish builder, mentiond by our Saviour, who began to build a tower, and was not able to finish it. 19 Where is this goodly tower of a Commonwealth, which the English boasted they would build to overshaddow... | |
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And what will they at best say of us, and of the whole English name, but scoffingly, as of that foolish builder mentioned by our Saviour, who began to build a tower, and was not able to finish it ? Where is this goodly tower of a commonwealth, which the... 
