 Against the threats Of malice or of sorcery, or that power Which erring men call Chance, this I hold firm: Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; 590 Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in...  The Ladies' Diadem: a Token of Friendship - Sida 33redigerad av - 1853 - 290 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | British drama - 1811 - 624 sidor
...the threats Of malice or of sorcery, or that power Which erring men call Chanci-, this 1 hold firm. Virtue may be assailed but never hurt. Surprised by unjust force but not culhrallM ; Yea, even that which mischief meant mpst harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory... | |
 | Cynosure - 1837 - 272 sidor
...threats Of Malice, or of Sorcery, or that power Which erring men call Chance, this I hold firm,— Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthrall'd : Yea, even that, which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1838 - 590 sidor
...walking up and down his cell, he greatly comforted them, until the torpor seized his limbs ; then lying down, he wrapped his mantle around him, and with a...Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised bv unjust force, but not enthralled ; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall, in the... | |
 | 468 sidor
...religious freedom, its more direct purpose is to exemplify the noblest of Milton's noble axioms— " Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt — Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled." The scene is laid in Scotland, towards the conclusion of the reign of Charles the Second, when the... | |
 | 1839 - 366 sidor
...an evil instruction, poor Tom, in an unhappy moment, gazed upon her who went forth in the firm faith that, " Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthrall'd ; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1843 - 356 sidor
...namesake, the Lacy Alice Egertou." " And you her elder brother, whose firm faith wavered not, but held that — • Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt...: Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.' said Alice with a beaming smile, half cheated of her fears. De Lacy made no reply ; and there was a... | |
 | 1850 - 642 sidor
...meditation was this, drawne from ye same loved source : — This I hold firm : Virtue may be assayled, hut never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled...even that which Mischief meant most harm, Shall, in y" happy trial, prove most glory. But who hath such virtue ? have I * hath he ' No, we have both gone... | |
 | Robert Mushet - 1847 - 524 sidor
...much to heart. Sometimes a defeat may be the incentive to renewed energies and greater vigilance. " Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt ; Surprised by unjust force, but not enthrall'd." ON SELF-EXAMINATION. XXXIV,— Herbam molochen serito, ne tamen mandito. Sow mallows,... | |
 | 1849 - 708 sidor
...snatched from his grasp. While she preserves her purity, she " May bo «mailed, but nerer hart ; Surpritod by unjust force, but not enthralled ; Yea! even that, which mischief meant muet bann, Shall In the happy trial prove mint glory." MERCANTILE LAW CASES. POINTS Ш MERCANTILE LAW.*... | |
 | 1851 - 408 sidor
...Chastity, my brother, Chastity, She that has that, is clad in complete steel. • this I hold firm — Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled." The scene changes again, bringing into view Comns and the lady, in order to exhibit the arguments and... | |
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