The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page ii
... affairs of mankind ; as some- thing which should , perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of civil wisdom to inferior persons ; which was doubtless the notion Plato entertained of poets ...
... affairs of mankind ; as some- thing which should , perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of civil wisdom to inferior persons ; which was doubtless the notion Plato entertained of poets ...
Page v
... affairs of the world , according to the character of him who views them , are either an assemblage of coarse contrivances , in- tended to enable a certain number of human creatures to eat and drink , and grow fat at their ease ; or they ...
... affairs of the world , according to the character of him who views them , are either an assemblage of coarse contrivances , in- tended to enable a certain number of human creatures to eat and drink , and grow fat at their ease ; or they ...
Page xi
... affairs , in lands , lordships , and domains , to sway and carry all before them in high courts and privy councils , to bring into their grasp the high and principal offices of the kingdom ? Have they not been known of late to check the ...
... affairs , in lands , lordships , and domains , to sway and carry all before them in high courts and privy councils , to bring into their grasp the high and principal offices of the kingdom ? Have they not been known of late to check the ...
Page xv
... affairs ; and who knows not that the bashful muteness of a virgin may oft- times hide all the unliveliness and natural sloth which is really unfit for conversation ? Nor is there that freedom of access granted or presumed , as may ...
... affairs ; and who knows not that the bashful muteness of a virgin may oft- times hide all the unliveliness and natural sloth which is really unfit for conversation ? Nor is there that freedom of access granted or presumed , as may ...
Page xxiv
... affairs . It is the weapon by the use of which liberty must ultimately stand or fall , with which she must hew down those stubborn prejudices that , at every step , obstruct her movements ; and , by inspiring a salutary terror in her ...
... affairs . It is the weapon by the use of which liberty must ultimately stand or fall , with which she must hew down those stubborn prejudices that , at every step , obstruct her movements ; and , by inspiring a salutary terror in her ...
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