...of human virtue, faithful found, Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unseduced, untcrrified; Nor number, nor example with him wrought, To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind."b xai Ila/Jfijcriax. b Par. L. v. 896. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE THE REV. GILBERT IVAKEFIELD. CHAP....

...a pattern to those who live among man1 in their present state of degeneracy and coruoA So spake (he seraph Abdiel, faithful found; Among the faithless, faithful only he ; Among innumerable false, umnov'd, Unshaken, unseduc'd, unterrify'd ; His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal : Nor number, nor...

...Among innumerable false, vinmov'd, " Unshaken, unseduc'd, unterrify'd. " His loyalty he kept, his lore, his zeal ; " Nor number nor example with him wrought...'mind "• Though single. From amidst them forth he pass'd, " Long way through hostile scorn, which he sustain' d " Superior nor of violence feax'd ought...

...! lien who created thee lamenting learn, M'hcn who can uncreate thee thou shalt know. 895 .So spake the seraph Abdiel faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he; Among innumerable false, unmov'd, 1'iuhaken, unseduc'd, unterrify'd Hit loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; 909 Nor number,...

...faithless, faithful only he : Among innumerable false, uniuov'd, Unshaken, unseduc'd, unterrify'd, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number,...truth, or change his constant mind Though single. • Methinks your lordship's situation particularly resembles that in which the poet has placed Abdiel....

...unterrified by the threatening sword, remained in his station, — " Among the faithless, faithful only he; His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal, Nor number, nor example, with him wrought." Though surrounded by dangers on every side, his vigour increased as the fortitude of his colleagues...

...exquisite and instructive picture of the singular fidelity of Abdiel. Paradise Lost, Book 5th. So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found Among the faithless, faithful only he; Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unseduc'd, unterrify'd, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal: Nor number, nor...

...only'he; Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unseduc'd umerrify'd, His loyalty he kept, hisiove his zeal ; Nor number, nor example with him wrought...constant mind Though single. From amidst them forth he pass'd Long way through hostile scorn, which he sustain'd Superior, nor of violence fear'd ought ;...

...See Voltaire's Prophecy concerning Rousseau. Now turn to the artless, upright, and unsophisticated Abdiel. Faithful found — Among the faithless, faithful only he— Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unscduc'd, nnterrifyd ; His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. Nor number, nor...

...found Among the faithless, faithful only he : Among innumerable false, unmov'd, Unshaken, unscduc'd, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal...truth, or change his constant mind, Though single. Methinks your lordship's situation particularly resembles that in which the poet has placed Abdiel....