...messenger of gladness and content." But, " when God commands us to take the trumpet and blow a dolorous or jarring blast, it lies not in man's will, what he shall say or what he shall conceal." " I have," he says again, " the use, I may say, but of my left hand." His first works were " Of the...

...is his chief intended business to all mankind, but that they resist and oppose their own happiness. But when God commands to take the trumpet and blow a dolorous or jarring blast, it lies not in man's will what he shall say or what he shall conceal. If he shall think...

...his chief intended business to all mankind, but that they resist and oppose their own true happiness. But when God commands to take the trumpet, and blow...did, because of the reproach and derision he met with daily,—"And all his familiar friends watched for his halting," to be revenged on him for speaking...

...celebrated lines that have the true ring to a tuneful ear as well as to an appreciative intellect : — •' But when God commands to take the trumpet And blow a dolorous or thrilling blast, It rests not with man's will what he shall say Or what he shall conceal." "Was anything...

...of such polemics out of your deepest religious and moral convictions, you proudly pointed out that "when God commands to take the trumpet and blow a...will what he shall say or what he shall conceal." TO ALL OF which I hasten to add that all your pamphlets are brightly illuminated from within by your...

...himself wrote, 'But when God commands to take the trumpet, and blow a dolorous or jarring blast, it ties not in man's will what he shall say or what he shall conceal.' As the civil war went on, he became more and more in favour of extremes. He was virtually the first...

...regret that the advancement of knowledge should require controversy, which was not really his task. "But when God commands to take the trumpet and blow...will what he shall say or what he shall conceal." He explains that his "sharp but saving words" are, unfortunately, necessary. "I should not," he goes...

...Philology 35 [1938]: 263). Milton's concept of the active life is revealed in his own words and actions: "But when God commands to take the trumpet and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast, it lies not in mans will what he shall say or what he shall conceal" (RCG 3:231). His response to that command, says...

...it begins, because Milton has just made the far larger claim that God Himself has "command[ed him] to take the trumpet and blow a dolorous or a jarring blast." His own will, consequently, dissolves into a higher authority. Indeed, so many of the "high" criteria...

...with' (229). According to Milton's best light, the times seemed to demand prose, not poetry. Moreover, 'when God commands to take the trumpet and blow a...man's will what he shall say or what he shall conceal' (231). However distasteful further pamphleteering might prove, Milton's conscience would not allow...