And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left in shadows dread His burning idol all of blackest hue;

To this Moloch of ambition has my native land fallen a victim.

"Well," you say, "No matter if it had passed fifty timesand through the fires of Moloch; only let us have this biscuit, such as it is."

The man-hunt of a few months ago is not forgotten and the terror of it grips their hearts whenever they think of opposing the will of the Moloch that dominates their every move.

There lay the little life he had murdered, delivered up to the Moloch of Art.

How fortunate for the liberties of Holland that William the Taciturn did not also fall into the claws of that Moloch Philip!

It is hoped therefore, Sir, that you will not lay aside your generous Design of exposing that monstrous Wickedness of the Town, whereby a Multitude of Innocents are sacrificed in a more barbarous Manner than those who were offered to Moloch.

The Characters of Moloch and Belial prepare the Readers Mind for their respective Speeches and Behaviour in the second and sixth Book.

The Part of Moloch is likewise in all its Circumstances full of that Fire and Fury which distinguish this Spirit from the rest of the fallen Angels.

I question not but Milton in his Description of his furious Moloch flying from the Battel, and bellowing with the Wound he had received, had his Eye on Mars in the Iliad; who, upon his being wounded, is represented as retiring out of the Fight, and making an Outcry louder than that of a whole Army when it begins the Charge.

Where the Might of Gabriel fought, And with fierce Ensigns pierc'd the deep Array Of Moloch, furious King!

Was not the boy enough to sacrifice on your accursed temple to Moloch, but ye must imbrue your hands in the blood of a weak, an infirm, a helpless woman!

It has melted the world's conscience in its crucible and cast it in a new mould, with features less like those of Moloch and more like those of humanity.

Some blood-gorged Moloch, enthroned on human hecatombs, and snuffing carnage for incense?

As well might they pollute its altars with swine's flesh or make their sons pass through the fire to Moloch.]

Little did the members of the Convention from the free States foresee what a sacrifice to Moloch was hidden under the mask of this concession.

It is then the Christians and the honorable men and women of the South, who are the main pillars of this grand temple built to Mammon and to Moloch.

Some blood-gorged Moloch, enthroned on human hecatombs, and snuffing carnage for incense?

Some blood-gorged Moloch, enthroned on human hecatombs, and snuffing carnage for incense?

In the strong language of John Quincy Adams, in relation to the article fixing the basis of representation, "Little did the members of the Convention, from the free States, imagine or foresee what a sacrifice to Moloch was hidden under the mask of this concession.

" Seven sacraments he wisely does disown, Because he knows Confession stands for one; Where sins to sacred silence are convey'd, And not for fear, or love, to be betray'd: But he, uncall'd, his patron to control, 1180 Divulged the secret whispers of his soul; Stood forth the accusing Satan of his crimes, And offer'd to the Moloch of the times.

It is hoped therefore, Sir, that you will not lay aside your generous Design of exposing that monstrous Wickedness of the Town, whereby a Multitude of Innocents are sacrificed in a more barbarous Manner than those who were offered to Moloch.

The Characters of Moloch and Belial prepare the Readers Mind for their respective Speeches and Behaviour in the second and sixth Book.

The Part of Moloch is likewise in all its Circumstances full of that Fire and Fury which distinguish this Spirit from the rest of the fallen Angels.

In Bacchic glee they file toward Fate, Moloch's uninitiate; Expectancy, and glad surmise Of battle's unknown mysteries.