The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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... ment CHAP . XVIII . - Upon the Uxbridge Treaty , & c . 430 434 440 • CHAP . XIX . Upon the Various Events of the War . CHAP . XX . - Upon the Reformation of the Times CHAP . XXI . — Upon his Letters taken and divulged . CHAP . XXII ...
... ment CHAP . XVIII . - Upon the Uxbridge Treaty , & c . 430 434 440 • CHAP . XIX . Upon the Various Events of the War . CHAP . XX . - Upon the Reformation of the Times CHAP . XXI . — Upon his Letters taken and divulged . CHAP . XXII ...
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... ment into an instrument for effecting their own purposes , careless whether they thwarted or advanced the interests of the nation . Every man who honestly advocated the rights of the people was called a demagogue ; to hope for a better ...
... ment into an instrument for effecting their own purposes , careless whether they thwarted or advanced the interests of the nation . Every man who honestly advocated the rights of the people was called a demagogue ; to hope for a better ...
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... ment of liberty , religious and civil . By this horde of unprincipled sophists the defender of the people of England was maliciously confounded with that host of nameless fanatics that , during the troubles of the commonwealth , had ...
... ment of liberty , religious and civil . By this horde of unprincipled sophists the defender of the people of England was maliciously confounded with that host of nameless fanatics that , during the troubles of the commonwealth , had ...
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... ment , -notwithstanding the causes we have enumerated , -- that men should so generally have abstained from the perusal of works so palpably excellent . Yet Addison , who , in the Spectator , endeavoured to do justice to Paradise Lost ...
... ment , -notwithstanding the causes we have enumerated , -- that men should so generally have abstained from the perusal of works so palpably excellent . Yet Addison , who , in the Spectator , endeavoured to do justice to Paradise Lost ...
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... ment ; and as Milton rises higher and higher towards the zenith , Johnson must set . They cannot dwell together in the same heaven of fame , or if they do , Johnson's star must " pale its ineffectual fire " in the neighbourhood of ...
... ment ; and as Milton rises higher and higher towards the zenith , Johnson must set . They cannot dwell together in the same heaven of fame , or if they do , Johnson's star must " pale its ineffectual fire " in the neighbourhood of ...
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