 Osiris, took the virgin truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body...  The Prose Works of John Milton - Page 185by John Milton - 1845Full view - About this book
 | John Brown - 1839 - 562 pages
...hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search which Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down, gathering up limb by limb, still... | |
 | Tracts - 1840 - 514 pages
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...found them all, Lords and Commons, nor ever shall do, till her Master's second coming ; he shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them... | |
 | Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, George Ripley - 1841 - 564 pages
...perfect shape most glorious to look upon, was hewed into a thousand pieces, and scattered to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such aa durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up... | |
 | 1842 - 602 pages
...the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand • pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that «time ever since, the sad friends..., went up and down, gathering up • limb by limb, as they could find them. » (5) Alas ! for us the wit and wisdom of Plato, the « Truth severe in fairy... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...imitating the careful search that leu made í г the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down ¡ratbcring up limb by limb, still as they could find them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Comiuniu ' nor ever shall do, till her master's second coming ; be shall bring together every joint... | |
 | John Milton - 1845 - 572 pages
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...found them all, lords and commons, nor ever shall do, till her master's second coming ; he shall bring together every joint and member, and shall mould them... | |
 | Joseph Fletcher - 1847 - 650 pages
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...up limb by limb still as they could find them. "We hare not yet found them all, lords and commons, nor ever shall do, till her master's second coming;... | |
 | 1847 - 782 pages
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...gathering up limb by limb, still as they could find them." As the " sad fnends of Truth," let us seek for her scattered limbs, and attempt something for the restoration... | |
 | Edward Robinson - 1847 - 792 pages
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...gathering up limb by limb, still as they could find them." As the " sad friends of Truth," let us seek for her scattered limbs, and attempt something for the... | |
 | 1847 - 776 pages
...took the virgin Truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends...gathering up limb by limb, still as they could find them." As the " sad friends of Truth," let us seek for her scattered limbs, and attempt something for the... | |
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