...admirable manner — " Mammon, th£ least erected spirit that fell From Heav'n : for e'en in Heaven Ms looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heav'n's pavement, trodden gold. TTia comforters he comforts ; great in ruin, With unreluctant grandeur...

...to commit the fault of that least erected spirit that fell from heaven, whose " Looks and thought* Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Thau aught divine, or holy, else enjoyed." All will admit — all do admit — that the power over...

...with spade and pickaxe armed, Foreran the royal camp, to trench a field, Or cast a rampart. MAMMON 3 led them on ; MAMMON, the least erected spirit that...Heaven; for e'en in Heaven his looks and thoughts 680 Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught...

...wealthy, yet most men of learning and genuis have had, like Milton, good reasons to describe Mammon as " the least erected spirit that fell From Heaven, for...always downward bent; admiring more The riches of heav'n's pavement, trodden gold, Then aught divine, or holy else enjoyed." On the other hand, it is...

...pioneers, with spade and pickaxe arm'd, Forerun the royal camp, to trench a field, Or cast a rampart. Mammon led them on;' Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent : admiring more The riches of heaven's...

...the " prize of their high calling." Compare Milton's Mammon : — " For even in Heaven his eye Was always downward bent, admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught beside."— B. 1. 1.678. They are tormented with fire, as having sinned directly against God, like...

...pioneers, with spade and pickaxe armed, Forerun the royal camp, to trench a field, Or cast a rampart. Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected Spirit that fell From Heaven ; for ev'n in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more 681 The riches of Heaven's...

...large a profit as possible on the capital embarked."* " Mammon led them on ; Mammon, the last created spirit that fell From heaven ; for e'en in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward, but admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement trodden gold Thau aught Divine or holy " All my time...

...character in the most admirable manner — " Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From Heav*ti : for e'en in Heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The ricli« of Heav'n's payement, trodden gold. His comforters he comforts ; great in ruin, With unreluctant...

...ii. p. 236. t Mammon led them on ; Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for even in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward...The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than anght, divine or holy, else enjoyed In vision beatific. Milton' s Paradise Lost, book . are off with...