 To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?  Œuvres complètes de Chateaubriand - Page 60by François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1861Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Thus rcpuls'd, our final hops Is flat despair: we must exasperate Th' Almighty Viftor to spend all his rage, And that must end us, that must be our cure,...more ; sad cure; for who would lose! Though full of pa'm, this intelleftual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...exasperate Th' Almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us; that must be our cure, 145 To be no more ? Sad cure ; for who would lose. Though...eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, 1 50 Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows, Let this be good,... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...exasperate • Th' almighty victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us; that must he our cure, To he no more. Sad cure, for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual heing, Those thoughts than wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...exasperate Th' almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us, that must be our cure, 145 To be no more ; sad cure ; for who would lose, Though...through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, 150 Devoid of sense and motion ? and who knows, .Let... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1803 - 446 pages
...sophistical philosophy. " He had a " vanity in being thought easy, " as Dr. JOHNSON justly observes. " That must be our cure, " To be no more. Sad cure ! For who would lose • " this intellectual being, " Those thoughts that wander through eternity, " To perish rather, swallow'd... | |
 | James Burgh - Elocution - 1804 - 308 pages
...despair. We must exasperate Our conqueror to /ef /sos£ his boundless rage, And //;«/ must end us, /#<stf must be our cure, To be no more ! — Sad cure ! —...lose , Though full of pain, this intellectual being, These thoughts that wander through eternity,—' To perish utterly ; for ever lost In the wide womb... | |
 | 1804 - 452 pages
...Paradise Lost, though Milton's fobuster mind ascribes it to tht fallen and depraved Archangel. _. " Who would lose " Though full of pain, this intellectual...thoughts that wander through eternity " To perish rather, swallowed up and lost " In the wide womb of uncreated night, k Devoid of sense or motion." • '" Tne... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us, that must be our cure, 145 To be no mpre ; sad cure ; for who would lose, Though full of pain,...eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, 1 50 Devoid of sense and motion? and who knows, Let this be good,... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1809 - 446 pages
...imagine with Milton, that even an infernal spirit cannot contemplate annihilation without horrour : To be no more ; sad cure ! for who would lose, Though...thoughts that wander through eternity. To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion ? In the fourth... | |
 | David Simpson - Apologetics - 1809 - 410 pages
...easy," as Johnson observes, "That must be our curaTo be no more. Sad cure ! For who vv'mld lose iiii this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander...eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion :'" It will be the concern of every wise... | |
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