 It was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world. And perhaps this is that doom which Adam fell into of knowing good and evil, that is to say, of knowing good...  The Prose Works of John Milton - Page 68by John Milton - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving it cannot be long before we lie down in darkness,...have our light in ashes ; since the brother of dea aiid evil, that is to say, of knowing good by evil. As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1847 - 618 pages
...into the world. And perhaps, this is that doom winch Adam foil into of knowing good and evil, that is, of knowing good by evil. As, therefore, the state of man now is— what wisdom can there lie to choose, what continence to tortear, without the knowledge of evil ? He that can apprehend and... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving and soil'd, though fresh and new. How bright wart...Haran, Abram, Lot, The youthful world's gray fathers, t He that can apprehend and consider vice, with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain,... | |
 | Henry Nelson Coleridge - 1850 - 304 pages
...more intermixed." — " As, therefore, the ftate of man now is, what wifdom can there be to choofe, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of evil ? He that can apprehend and confider vice with all her baits and feeming pleafures, and yet abftain, and yet diftinguifli, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1851 - 606 pages
...rinde of one apple tafted, that the knowledge of good and evill as two twins cleaving together leapt forth into the World. And perhaps this is that doom which Adam fell into of knowing good and evill, that is to fay of knowing good by evill. As therefore the ftate of man now is ; what wifdome... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 546 pages
...few lines further, of the tree of knowledge. 'Twas a sure pledge, a sacred sign and seal. P. 83. 3 ' Perhaps this is that doom which Adam fell into of...and evil, that is to say, of knowing good by evil.' Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing. Prose Works, II. 68. that virtue is chiefly exercised,... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Poets, English - 1855 - 512 pages
...it had been much more expedient to have told us what was unlawful than what was wearisome. ******* As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there bo to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of evil ? He that can apprehend and... | |
 | Max Ring - Great Britain - 1868 - 330 pages
...was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world. And perhaps...doom which Adam fell into of knowing good and evil. As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear,... | |
 | Max Ring - 1868 - 342 pages
...was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world. And perhaps...doom which Adam fell into of knowing good and evil. As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear,... | |
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1868 - 90 pages
...rinde of one apple tailed, that the knowledge of good and evill as two twins cleaving together leapt forth into the World. And perhaps this is that doom which Adam fell into of knowing good and evill, that is to fay of knowing good by evill. As therefore the flate of man now is ; what wifdome... | |
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