...business, and encouraged suitors that he might multiply fees. He resembled the fallen angel, whose - " looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy." His avarice, however, was now to receive a heavy and Great Seal unexpected blow. From the hard bargain...

..." Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From Heaven ; for even in Heaven hU looks and thought! Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy «lie enjoy'd In beatific vision." " Give us dollars, dollars, and acres of land," is the incessant...

...various sums of money, ho was assuredly an inveterate money lender, and, I fear a little of an usurer, " admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy." Amongst the debts which were considered " desperat," is — " Mr. Nicholas Assheton late of Downham,...

...sums of money, ho was assuredly an un,', .-, .,tr ,n, .n, v lender, and, I fear a Hal. of an usurer, " admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy." A ,n., ii" , the debts which were considered "desperat," is — "Mr. Nicholas Assheton Into of Downham,...

...character, Mammon reigna supreme : " 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." Indeed, such is the degraded character of the community in the eye of the law, that it presumes that...

...appreciated. The Poet represents him as— • The least erected spirit that fell From heaven : for o'en in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward...more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, lhan aught divine or holy, else enjoyed In beatific vibion." In heaven he had been much employed in...

...Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven: for even in heaven his looks and thoughts 680 Were always downward bent; admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than ought divine or holy else, enjoy'd In vision beatific: by him first Ransack'd the centre, and with...

...plunging deeper into the sordid worship of "the least erected spirit that fell From heaven, for even in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward...— trodden gold, — Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific." It may be feared that a defect of this kind, if truly stated and sufficiently...

...cast a rampart. MAMMON * led them on : MAMMON, the least erected spirit that fell From heav'n ; for e'en in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always...admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold,5 Than aught, divine or holy, else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also, and by...

...business, and encouraged suitors that he might multiply fees. He resembled the fallen angel, whose - "looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring...pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy." His avarice, however, was now to receive a heavy and unexpected blow. From the hard bargain he made...