 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...sole command, Sole pledge of his obedience; so will fal I 95 He and his faithless progeny.—Whose fault ? Whose, but his own ? Ingrate ! he had of me,...stood, though free to fall. Such I created all the ethereal powers 100 And Spirits, both them who stood, and them who fail'd ; Freely they stood who stood,... | |
 | John Milton - 1848 - 474 pages
...transgress the sole command, Sole pledge of his obedience : so will fall He and his faithless progeny. Whose fault ? Whose but his own ? Ingrate, he had...stood, though free to fall. Such I created all the ethereal powers And spirits, both them who stood, and them who fail'd; Freely they stood who stood,... | |
 | John Kitto - 1848 - 426 pages
...fall under the power of temptation, and involve his posterity:— ' He and his faithless progeny : whose fault ? Whose but his own ? Ingrate, he had...stood, though free to fall. Such I created all the ethereal powers And spirits, both them who stood and them who failed ; Truly they stood who stood,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1848 - 304 pages
...the Deity.* * God answers thus for himself in Milton:— Man will fall, He and his faithless progeny. Whose fault ? Whose but his own ? Ingrate^ he had...have stood, though free to fall, Such I created all th' ethereal powers ; Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Not free, what proof coul J they... | |
 | John Wesley - 1964 - 532 pages
...understanding. How admirably is this painted by Milton, supposing God to speak concerning his new-made creature: I made him just and right Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. Such I created all the ethereal powers . Freely they' stood who stood, and fell who fell. Not free, what proof could they... | |
 | Elizabeth Ely Fuller - 1983 - 332 pages
...transgress the sole command, Sole pledge of his obedience; so will fall He and his faithless progeny. Whose fault? Whose but his own? Ingrate, he had of me All he could have; I made him just and right. The tone of "whose fault? Whose but his own? Ingrate . . ." is hardly flat, but rather is angry and... | |
 | Stephen C. Behrendt - 1983 - 278 pages
...human, with free will in order that they may demonstrate their allegiance to him: I made him [man] just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. Such I created all th' Ethereal Powers And Spirits, both them who stood and them who fail'd; Freely they stood who stood,... | |
 | Bodleian Library - 1985 - 244 pages
...yett 14 to] soe 15 in] of no] nere. 129. .5 powre . . . fall. Cf. Milton, Paradise Lost, 3. 98-99: "I made him just and right, / Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall." Complete Poetical Works, ed. Douglas Bush (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1965), p. 259. 130. G2, and BL... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...So will fall Hee and his faithless Progenie: whose fault? Whose but his own? ingrate, he had of mee All he could have; I made him just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. [3.94—99] Whose fault? Milton has composed the speech in a way that tends to set our teeth on edge... | |
 | Jeffrey Burton Russell - 1990 - 340 pages
...So will fall Hee and his faithless Progeny: whose fault? Whose but his own? ingrate, he had of mee All he could have; I made him just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. [PL 3.95-oo] 29 The third level is the cause of Satan's fall, but there is none, since there can be... | |
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Whose fault ? Whose but his own ? Ingrate, he had of me All he could have ; I made him just and right. Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall. Such I created all the Etherial Powers, And Spirits, both them who stood and them who failed ; Freely... 
