...of a pattern of fortitude. 'I have bought a pocket Milton, which I carry perpetually about with me, in order to study the sentiments — the dauntless...defiance of hardship, in that great personage, SATAN.' Nor was this a rash or precipitate choice, for in a more apologetic mood he expresses the same opinion...

...hero. Milton's Satan," and talked of his "dauntless magnanimity; the intrepid, unyielding independance; the desperate daring, and noble defiance of hardship, in that great Personage, Satan.'"' William Godwin asked in his Political Justice of 1793, "Why did Satan rebel against his maker? It was,...

...bought a pocket Milton, which I carry perpetually about with me, in order to study the sentiments—the dauntless magnanimity, the intrepid, unyielding independence,...defiance of hardship, in that great personage, SATAN. Tis true, I have just now a little cash; but I am afraid the star that hitherto has shed its malignant,...