The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page iii
... mind in effecting the overthrow of a government fatal to the interests of society , and in which civil precedence was obtained on other grounds than virtue and public services . He saw not , nor is it very clear what useful or worthy ...
... mind in effecting the overthrow of a government fatal to the interests of society , and in which civil precedence was obtained on other grounds than virtue and public services . He saw not , nor is it very clear what useful or worthy ...
Page iv
... mind big with great thoughts , and reflec- tions , and imagery , which trace their origin to his commerce with experience , desires , when he would give birth to them , some calm and tranquil retreat , where he may compose himself , and ...
... mind big with great thoughts , and reflec- tions , and imagery , which trace their origin to his commerce with experience , desires , when he would give birth to them , some calm and tranquil retreat , where he may compose himself , and ...
Page v
... mind contains the seeds of this divine fire , passes uncontaminated through the world- in it , but not of it - finding in every situation , but chiefly where the brethren of his race are most numerous , " books in the running brooks ...
... mind contains the seeds of this divine fire , passes uncontaminated through the world- in it , but not of it - finding in every situation , but chiefly where the brethren of his race are most numerous , " books in the running brooks ...
Page vi
... minds , should eagerly engage in the great concerns of the public . With such views , it will be evident that my 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 ...
... minds , should eagerly engage in the great concerns of the public . With such views , it will be evident that my 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 ...
Page ix
... mind , nor of less excellence in another way , were they who by writing laid the solid and true foundations of this science , which being of greatest importance to the life of man , yet there is no art that hath been more cankered in ...
... mind , nor of less excellence in another way , were they who by writing laid the solid and true foundations of this science , which being of greatest importance to the life of man , yet there is no art that hath been more cankered in ...
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