The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page ii
... 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 , when he ...
... 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 , when he ...
Page iv
... mankind will love to be among them ; and poetry , above all things , is impregnated with love . No fear that the great poet should ever lose , in courts , or camps , or senates , or crowded cities , the spirit which makes him what he is ...
... mankind will love to be among them ; and poetry , above all things , is impregnated with love . No fear that the great poet should ever lose , in courts , or camps , or senates , or crowded cities , the spirit which makes him what he is ...
Page xiii
... Mankind ? This mischief had not then befallen , And more that shall befall , innumerable Disturbances on earth through female snares , And strait conjunction with this sex . For either He never shall find out fit mate , but such As some ...
... Mankind ? This mischief had not then befallen , And more that shall befall , innumerable Disturbances on earth through female snares , And strait conjunction with this sex . For either He never shall find out fit mate , but such As some ...
Page xix
... mankind in general . Perhaps , indeed , were the subject thoroughly examined , his views would be supported by many who , not comprehending the whole scope of his reasoning , now start back with horror at the bare supposition that they ...
... mankind in general . Perhaps , indeed , were the subject thoroughly examined , his views would be supported by many who , not comprehending the whole scope of his reasoning , now start back with horror at the bare supposition that they ...
Page xxii
... , bold phi- losophers and sophists arose , startling mankind with the novelty , or evil tendency of their doctrines . Bacon had already made open war on the barren systems of the schools ; and xxii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... , bold phi- losophers and sophists arose , startling mankind with the novelty , or evil tendency of their doctrines . Bacon had already made open war on the barren systems of the schools ; and xxii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
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