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...this I hold firm, Virtue may be assailed but never hurt, Surpris'd by unjust force but not inthral'd ; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall...recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last Gather'd hne scum and settled to itself, li shall be in eternal, restless change t' elf-fed ard self-consum'd,...

...hold firm, Virtue may be assail'd, but never hurt, Surpris'd by unjust force, but not inthrall'd ; 590 Yea even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall...recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last Gather'd like scum, and settled to itself, ags It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed, and...

...revolution has taken place in the moral constitution of the world, such as it has not before experienced. ' But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness.' ' if this fail, In a letter, conveying to one of his principal political friends an account of the...

...force, but not enthrall' il ; 590 Yea , even that , which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the nappy trial prove most glory: But evil on itself shall back...recoil, And mix no more with goodness; when at last Gather'd like scum, and settled to itself, 595 It shall be in eternal restless change Self-fed, and...

...the poet — " Virtue may be assai1'd but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthral1'd, Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm Shall...most glory, But evil on itself shall back recoil," &.c. The famous "Book" and the result of the "Delicate Investigation," are sufficient evidence of the...

...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...shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness. MILTON, FIRMNESS is as different from its mean substitute, obstinacy, as rashness is from true courage,...

...revolution has taken place in the moral constitution of the world, such as it has not before experienced. 'But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness.' ' if this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.' " We have...

...assurance, that ' Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled ; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall, in the happy trial, prove most glory. 't The opinions of Socrates were, considering the age and country * This play is lost, but some fragments,...