...threats Of malice or of sorcery, or that power Which erring men call Chanci-, this 1 hold firm. Virtue may be assailed but never hurt. Surprised by unjust force but not culhrallM ; Yea, even that which mischief meant mpst harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory...

...threats Of Malice, or of Sorcery, or that power Which erring men call Chance, this I hold firm,— Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthrall'd : Yea, even that, which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory...

...religious freedom, its more direct purpose is to exemplify the noblest of Milton's noble axioms— " Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt — Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled." The scene is laid in Scotland, towards the conclusion of the reign of Charles the Second, when the...

...instruction, poor Tom, in an unhappy moment, gazed upon her who went forth in the firm faith that, " Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthrall'd ; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory...

...Alice Egertou." " And you her elder brother, whose firm faith wavered not, but held that — • Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt : Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled.' said Alice with a beaming smile, half cheated of her fears. De Lacy made no reply ; and there was a...

...heart. Sometimes a defeat may be the incentive to renewed energies and greater vigilance. " Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt ; Surprised by unjust force, but not enthrall'd." ON SELF-EXAMINATION. XXXIV,— Herbam molochen serito, ne tamen mandito. Sow mallows,...

...obtruding false rules pranked in reason's garb." But if ehe be faithful to herself, she has nothing to fear from these threatened dangers, because she...his grasp. While she preserves her purity, she " May bo «mailed, but nerer hart ; Surpritod by unjust force, but not enthralled ; Yea! even that, which...

...my brother, Chastity, She that has that, is clad in complete steel. • this I hold firm — Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled." The scene changes again, bringing into view Comns and the lady, in order to exhibit the arguments and...

...n '...•• fL •• .. '. j .'..it .JC. • vj:*!-.1, U- 1. VII. •fthrq of J?intlntth. Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt; Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled ; Yet even that, which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. — MILTON....

...therefore, as every thing has turned out, I feel perfectly satisfied, and have nothing more to ask. " Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not inthralled; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall, in the happy trial, prove most glory:...