The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page ii
... desire that pure and lofty minds should keep themselves aloof from the world and the world's business ; for if our object in congregating together in society be to render each other happy - not to seek our own hap- piness at the expense ...
... desire that pure and lofty minds should keep themselves aloof from the world and the world's business ; for if our object in congregating together in society be to render each other happy - not to seek our own hap- piness at the expense ...
Page iv
... desires , when he would give birth to them , some calm and tranquil retreat , where he may compose himself , and for the time be free from contention and solicitude . But a wholly retired and contemplative life is fatal to poetry of ...
... desires , when he would give birth to them , some calm and tranquil retreat , where he may compose himself , and for the time be free from contention and solicitude . But a wholly retired and contemplative life is fatal to poetry of ...
Page vi
... desire is not to dis- parage an art to which - if the avowal may here be made - I have been from my youth upward devoted : but , could it be proved that poetry necessarily indisposes men towards freedom , inculcating a slavish ...
... desire is not to dis- parage an art to which - if the avowal may here be made - I have been from my youth upward devoted : but , could it be proved that poetry necessarily indisposes men towards freedom , inculcating a slavish ...
Page viii
... desires of a popish king , to the profanation of the sabbath , in the hope of having their ambition gratified by beholding the order to which they belonged advanced over the heads of the laymen . His first object , therefore , in coming ...
... desires of a popish king , to the profanation of the sabbath , in the hope of having their ambition gratified by beholding the order to which they belonged advanced over the heads of the laymen . His first object , therefore , in coming ...
Page xi
... desires ever thirst- ing after worldly employments , instead of diligent and fervent study in the Bible , they covet to be expert at canons and decretals , which may enable them to judge and interpose in temporal causes , however ...
... desires ever thirst- ing after worldly employments , instead of diligent and fervent study in the Bible , they covet to be expert at canons and decretals , which may enable them to judge and interpose in temporal causes , however ...
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