...of him denotes that generous scorn and intrepidity which attends heroic virtue. The authordoubtless designed it as a pattern to those who live among mankind...present state of degeneracy and corruption : ' So sptke the seraph Abdiel, faithful found A mougthe faithless, faithful only he; Among innumerable false,...

...devouring fire. Then who created thee lamenting learn, When who can uncreate thee thou shalt know. So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the...Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unseduc'd, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal; Nor number, nor example, with him wrought To...

...devouring fire. Then who created thee lamenting learn, When who can uucreate thee thou shall know.' " So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the...Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unseduc'd, vmterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Kor number, nor example, with him wrought To...

...of a very accomplished and sentimental spirit. Now turn to the artless, upright, and unsophisticated Abdiel : Faithful found Among the faithless, faithful...only he ; Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unsednc'd, nnterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example, with him...

...beautifully and forcibly set forth in Milton '* character of Abdiel, at the end of the Fifth Book : -Faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he : Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unscduc'd, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example, with him...

...as the character which i- given us of him denotes that generous scorn and intrepidity which attends heroic virtue. The author doubtless designed it as...present state of degeneracy and corruption : ' So «pake the seraph Arxliel, faithful found Amoii£ the. failhlcs.-., faithful only lit1 i Among innumerahle...

...they would ? And he represents one believing angel reproving all the unbelieving ones that fell : • So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the...Among innumerable false unmov'd, Unshaken, unseduc'd, unterrified. His loyalty he kept, his love, his zealj Nor number nor example, with him wrought To swerve...

...devouring fire. Then who created thee lamenting li-arn, When who can uncreate thee thou shalt know.' 8^5 " So spake the seraph Abdiel. faithful found Among the...unterrify'd, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; 900 Nor number, nor example, with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind,...

...and perjury, that of all virtues that of Abdiel would be, \ve should have thought, the most prized. ' Abdiel faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he ; Among innumerable false, unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified ; His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor...

...as the character which is given us of him denotes that generous scorn and intrepidity which attends heroic virtue. The author doubtless designed it as...' So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among i hr faithless, faithful only he ; Among innumerable false, unmov,d, Unshaken, unseduc,d, nnterrify,d;...