...Or cast a rampart. Mammon led them on : Mammon the least erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for e'en in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught, divine or holy, else enjoyed In vision beatific ; by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Eansacked the centre,...

...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...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy 'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also, and by his suggestion taught, Ransack'd the centre,...

...of nature, and every thing but Mammon, " The least erected spirit that fell from heaven ;" for even in heaven his looks and thoughts " Were always downward...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific." « Mr. Webster's heart was as large as his understanding. Even Theodore...

...like Milton, good reasons to describe Mammon as " the least erected spirit that fell From Heaven, for e'en in heaven his looks and thoughts Were 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...

...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...

...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 pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision...

...Milton's masterly description of Mammon : — " The least erected spirit that fell From heaven : for even in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else." TU's supposition that misers seldom take upon themselves family ties, is scarcely borne ont by the...

...erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for even in heaven his looks am thoughts Were always downwards bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific." In the throng of evil spirits, he advises the propriety of not accepting...

...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...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught, divine or holy, else enjoyed In vision beatific. Mi! ton' 3 Paradise Lost, book . are off with the first ship to England,...