text,updated_at,metaphor,created_at,context,theme,reviewed_on,dictionary,comments,provenance,id,work_id
"This glorious system form'd for man
To practise when and how he can,
If the five senses in alliance
To Reason hurl a proud defiance,
And, though oft conquer'd, yet unbroke,
Endeavour to throw off that yoke
Which they a greater slavery hold
Than Jewish bondage was of old;
Or if they, something touch'd with shame,
Allow him to retain the name
Of Royalty, and, as in sport,
To hold a mimic formal court,
Permitted (no uncommon thing)
To be a kind of puppet-king,
And suffer'd, by the way of toy,
To hold a globe, but not employ;
Our system-mongers, struck with fear,
Prognosticate destruction near;
All things to anarchy must run;
The little world of man's undone.
(p. 157, ll. 161-80)",2009-09-14 19:39:30 UTC,"""[T]he five senses in alliance [may] / To Reason hurl a proud defiance, / And, though oft conquer'd, yet unbroke, / Endeavour to throw off that yoke / Which they a greater slavery hold / Than Jewish bondage was of old""",2006-07-21 00:00:00 UTC,Book IV,"",,"","•I've included four times: Conquest, Yoke, Slavery, Bondage",Searching in HDIS (Poetry),13921,5175
" 'Ah!' he cried,
'At that dear name my sear'd wound bleeds afresh.
''Tis music that would make a savage tame.
'It overwhelms, my soul, and my fond heart,
'Convuls'd at the sweet sound, recoils and faints.
'I have two souls (such impious sophistry
'Love teaches me) which, like two mighty Kings,
'Ever contending for the sov'reignty,
'Stir up sedition and revolt within me.
'While we converse together, and I feel
'Secret correction from the bolt of truth
'Shot home, my better soul in triumph rides,
'Borne on the wings of reason to her throne.
'But when Panthea with the rebel sides,
'She comes with power not to be withstood,
'Contends with reason's self, and overturns
'The throne of her adopted. Once again
'My better soul, by revolution strange,
'Sits on her throne. O Cyrus, I am thine
'Yet wholly. To confound thy foes I fly
'With all the good-will of an honest heart,
'Which never feels itself so much at large
'As when it serves so generous a friend.'
",2009-09-14 19:43:12 UTC,"One may have two souls ""which, like two mighty Kings, / 'Ever contending for the sov'reignty, / 'Stir up sedition and revolt within""",2004-07-19 00:00:00 UTC,"","",,"",•I've included twice: in War and Government,"Searching ""throne"" and ""reason"" in HDIS (Poetry)",15270,5730
"This glorious system form'd for man
To practise when and how he can,
If the five senses in alliance
To Reason hurl a proud defiance,
And, though oft conquer'd, yet unbroke,
Endeavour to throw off that yoke
Which they a greater slavery hold
Than Jewish bondage was of old;
Or if they, something touch'd with shame,
Allow him to retain the name
Of Royalty, and, as in sport,
To hold a mimic formal court,
Permitted (no uncommon thing)
To be a kind of puppet-king,
And suffer'd, by the way of toy,
To hold a globe, but not employ;
Our system-mongers, struck with fear,
Prognosticate destruction near;
All things to anarchy must run;
The little world of man's undone.
(p. 157, ll. 161-80)",2012-05-29 14:34:55 UTC,"""This glorious system form'd for man / To practise when and how he can, / If the five senses in alliance / To Reason hurl a proud defiance, / And, though oft conquer'd, yet unbroken, / Endeavour to throw off that yoke / Which they a greater slavery hold / Than Jewish bondage was of old.""",2012-05-29 14:34:55 UTC,Book IV,"",,Fetters,"",Reading,19788,5175
"51. To Conquer, Subdue, Overcome.
Each of these words, implies, resistance; but, that of conquer, refers to victory over enemies; and is, generally, used in the literal sense: that of subdue, is more applicable to our passions; being, oftener, used in a figurative; and means, a bringing under subjection: that of overcome, supposes efforts, against any obstacle that opposes; meaning, rather, to surmount.
We have conquered our enemies, when we have beat them, in such a manner, as to put it out of their power, to do us any further hurt. We may be said, to have subdued our lusts, when we are able to withstand every temptation. We overcome our adversaries, when we obtain our end, in spite of every opposition.
It requires courage and valour, to conquer; endeavour and resolution, to subdue; patience and perseverance, to overcome.
Alexander gloried more in his conquests, than in any other thing upon earth. Of all passions, avarice is the most difficult to subdue; as neither age, or, weakness of constitution, is able to rebate its edge. We should strive to overcome evil, with good.
(pp. 65-6)",2013-08-15 04:53:03 UTC,"""Each of these words, implies, resistance; but, that of 'conquer', refers to victory over enemies; and is, generally, used in the literal sense: that of 'subdue', is more applicable to our passions; being, oftener, used in a figurative; and means, a bringing under subjection: that of 'overcome', supposes efforts, against any obstacle that opposes; meaning, rather, to surmount.""",2013-08-15 04:52:41 UTC,"",Meta-Metaphorical,,Empire,META-METAPHORICAL. INTEREST,Reading,22148,7583
"Therefore he desires the ever-blessed Redeemer to reign and rule unmolested, and without a rival, in their affections, as if they were seated with him on his throne. The apostle well knew that erroneous men would be busy in besieging their understandings, and that carnal objects would be labouring to engross their affections; vanity to entertain their minds, pleasures to attract their desires, and legality to entangle and govern their consciences. Therefore he wishes their inner man to be strengthened with spiritual might; hinting thereby that all our resolutions, efforts, and watchfulness, would not be sufficient bulwarks against the attempts and attacks of Satan, unless they were strengthened by the spiritual might of God Almighty.
(p. 5)",2014-04-24 01:02:41 UTC,"""The apostle well knew that erroneous men would be busy in besieging their understandings, and that carnal objects would be labouring to engross their affections; vanity to entertain their minds, pleasures to attract their desires, and legality to entangle and govern their consciences.""",2014-04-24 01:02:41 UTC,"","",,Empire,"","Reading E.P. Thompson, Witness Against the Beast (New York: The New Press, 1993), 6.",23789,7870
"When this is the case the hedge (to our feelings) is broken down, and we lie exposed to every temptation; as says the Psalmist--Why hast thou broken down her hedges, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her? Psal. lxxx. 12. When thus entangled we try to resist, but are still rebuffed or beaten back; this causes rebellion and murmuring to take possession of our hearts; and it is thus that the foolishness of man perverteth his way, and his heart fretteth against the Lord. Prov. xix. 3.
(p. 6)",2014-04-24 01:06:45 UTC,""" When thus entangled we try to resist, but are still rebuffed or beaten back; this causes rebellion and murmuring to take possession of our hearts.""",2014-04-24 01:06:45 UTC,"","",,"","",Reading,23792,7870
"Judg'd not the old philosopher aright,
When thus he preach'd, his pupils in his sight?
""It matters not, my friends, how low or high
""Your little walk of transient life may lie.
""Soon will the reign of Hope and Fear be o'er,
""And warring passions militate no more.
""And trust me, he who, having once survey'd
""The good and fair which Nature's wisdom made,
""The soonest to his former state retires,
""And feels the peace of satisfied desires,
""(Let others deem more wisely if they can),
""I look on him to be the happiest man.""
(p. 94, ll. 135-146)",2014-08-21 04:16:00 UTC,"""""Soon will the reign of Hope and Fear be o'er, / And warring passions militate no more.""",2014-08-21 04:16:00 UTC,Epistle I,Psychomachia,,Empire,"",Reading,24401,6006