The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page iv
... tion to approach this unblissful state , when , snapping in twain the link which binds , and should bind us , religiously and politically , to human society , we skulk , like wolves or wild dogs , to some den of our own making , to gnaw ...
... tion to approach this unblissful state , when , snapping in twain the link which binds , and should bind us , religiously and politically , to human society , we skulk , like wolves or wild dogs , to some den of our own making , to gnaw ...
Page v
... tion in which its author vaticinated : an irrepressible love of inde- pendence , a mind thrown by an unexampled political catastrophe into that condition in which its most hidden and secret powers , like the fountains of the great deep ...
... tion in which its author vaticinated : an irrepressible love of inde- pendence , a mind thrown by an unexampled political catastrophe into that condition in which its most hidden and secret powers , like the fountains of the great deep ...
Page vii
... tion of the man , and my resemblance , so far , to themselves : I address myself to the prejudiced , the unconvinced , and those whose course of reading may hitherto not have brought them to the knowledge of those golden treatises ...
... tion of the man , and my resemblance , so far , to themselves : I address myself to the prejudiced , the unconvinced , and those whose course of reading may hitherto not have brought them to the knowledge of those golden treatises ...
Page xxi
... tion - the mirth of the just at beholding the wicked caught in their own snares - the mirth which , by a daring licence of speech , the Psalmist attributes to the Almighty , whom he introduces rejoicing over the calamities of wrong ...
... tion - the mirth of the just at beholding the wicked caught in their own snares - the mirth which , by a daring licence of speech , the Psalmist attributes to the Almighty , whom he introduces rejoicing over the calamities of wrong ...
Page xxvii
... tion or delight is dead , and therefore no longer able to explain , de- velope , or defend his opinions , by the misrepresenting , perhaps , of which he suffers in the estimation of mankind . It seems to be our duty to labour with an ...
... tion or delight is dead , and therefore no longer able to explain , de- velope , or defend his opinions , by the misrepresenting , perhaps , of which he suffers in the estimation of mankind . It seems to be our duty to labour with an ...
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