For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through heaven and earth : And oft, though Wisdom wake, Suspicion sleeps At Wisdom's gate, and to Simplicity Resigns her... The Literary Life and Miscellanies of John Galt - Page 355by John Galt - 1834 - 1088 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1805 - 948 pages
...yet, in a few in* stances, he was deceived by the appearance of virtues congenial to his own : ' For neither man nor angel can discern ' Hypocrisy, the...evil that walks ' Invisible, except to God alone." <' To proposals so formidable, so sure to be rejected by a heart less than infinitely attached, miss... | |
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...Men To serve him better: wise are all his ways. 680 So spake the false dissembler unperceiv'd; For neither Man nor Angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only' evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through Heav'n and Earth: And oft though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...Men To serve him better : wise are all his ways. 680 So spake the false Dissembler unperceiv'd ; For neither Man nor Angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only' evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, 684 By his permissive will, thro' Heav'n and Earth : And oft though Wisdom wake, Suspicion sleeps At... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...Men To serve him better : wise are all his ways. 680 So spake the false dissembler unperceiv'd ; For neither Man nor Angel can discern Hypocrisy, -the...only' evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through Heav'n and Earth : 685 And oft though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps... | |
| Anna Seward - Physicians - 1804 - 352 pages
...him, yet in a few instances, he was deceived by the appearance of virtues congenial to his own : " For neither man, nor angel can discern " Hypocrisy, the...evil that walks " Invisible, except to God alone." To proposals so formidable, so sure to be rejected by a heart less than infinitely attached, Miss Mills... | |
| William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 472 pages
...having been thus deluded, inspired the poet with his admirable apology for Uriel deceived by Satan. For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil, that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, thro' heav'n and earth ; And oft, tho' wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...Men To serve him better : wise are all his ways. " So spike the false dissembler unperceiv'd ; Tor neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, [Earth: By his permissive will, through Heaven and And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At... | |
| 1811 - 550 pages
...in a )'• tv instances, he was deceived by the appearance of virtues cougei.iil to his own. " For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone." About eight or ten years after his marriage, the life of this singular being became, in its meridian,... | |
| Nathan Drake - English essays - 1811 - 446 pages
...our own, specious shews and fair appearances will blind the judgment of the deepest observer : For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone. MILTON. In order therefore to know the true state ol the human heart, we must wait till the closing... | |
| John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...To serve him better : wise are all his ways." 630 So spake the false dissembler unperceiv'd ; l"or neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only' evil that walks Invisible, except to God alone, By his permissive will, through Ileav'n and Earth : And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps 686... | |
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