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" So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And, in clear dream, and solemn vision, Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear... "
Comus: A Mask - Page 50
by John Milton - 1808 - 89 pages
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History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella: The Catholic, Volume 3

William Hickling Prescott - Spain - 1849 - 598 pages
...is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And,...gross ear can hear, Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it...
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The Juvenile companion, and Sunday-school hive [afterw.] The ..., Volumes 5-6

1856 - 666 pages
...is saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt ; And,...gross ear can hear; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants, Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns...
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The Journal of Mental Science, Volume 4

Electronic journals - 1858 - 656 pages
...is saintly chastity, That when a sonl is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lacky her. Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in clear drenm, and solemn vision, Tell her of things that no pross ear can hear. Till oft converse with hcav'nly...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 4

Literature - 1909 - 500 pages
...is saintly chastity That, when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in...gross ear can hear; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it...
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A Milton Encyclopedia, Volume 5

William Bridges Hunter - Literary Criticism - 1979 - 216 pages
...so, A thousand liveried Angels lacky her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in cleer dream, and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear, Till oft converse with heav'nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And...
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The Sacred Complex: On the Psychogenesis of Paradise Lost

William Kerrigan - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 372 pages
...is Saintly chastity, That when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried Angels lackey her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in...that no gross ear can hear, Till oft converse with heav'nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, The unpolluted temple of the mind, And...
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Renaissance Plays: New Readings and Rereadings

Leonard Barkan - Drama - 1985 - 216 pages
...higher knowledge — and as such it rewards a poet amply. The Angels who attend the truly chaste woman "in clear dream and solemn vision / Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear" (11. 457-458). It is a short step from these Angels and such "converse with heav'nly habitants" to...
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Miscellaneous Poems ; Paradise Regain'd ; & Samson Agonistes

John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...so, A thousand liveried Angels lacky her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in deer dream, and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear, Till oft convers with heav'nly habitants Begin to casJ a beam on th' outward shape, The unpolluted temple of...
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The Works of John Milton: With an Introduction and Bibliography

John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...when a soul is found sincerely so, A thousand liveried angels lackey her, Driving far off each dung of sin and guilt, And in clear dream and solemn vision...gross ear can hear; Till oft converse with heavenly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th' outward shape, 460 The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns...
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Intimate Relations: The Natural History of Desire

Liam Hudson, Bernadine Jacot - Psychology - 1995 - 168 pages
...so, A thousand liveried Angels lacky her, Driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, And in cleer dream, and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear . . . As a consequence, the 'unpolluted temple of the mind', is turned 'by degrees to the souls essence'....
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