The Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page i
... whole subject being too large for the grasp of any one of them , they might all in their way contribute to extend the fame and utility of him whom they all profess to ad- mire . For my own part , I have always felt that whosoever aimed ...
... whole subject being too large for the grasp of any one of them , they might all in their way contribute to extend the fame and utility of him whom they all profess to ad- mire . For my own part , I have always felt that whosoever aimed ...
Page x
... whole state , as Aristotle , both in his ethics and politics , from the principles of reason , lays down . By consequence , there- fore , that which is good and agreeable to monarchy , will appear soonest to be so , by being good and ...
... whole state , as Aristotle , both in his ethics and politics , from the principles of reason , lays down . By consequence , there- fore , that which is good and agreeable to monarchy , will appear soonest to be so , by being good and ...
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... whole life of a man , is less pain to conjecture than to have experience . " 66 In the Apology for his Early Life and Writings , Milton glances at the ideas of love he had gathered out of Plato and Xenophon ; and in my note on the place ...
... whole life of a man , is less pain to conjecture than to have experience . " 66 In the Apology for his Early Life and Writings , Milton glances at the ideas of love he had gathered out of Plato and Xenophon ; and in my note on the place ...
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... whole world was dazzled by them . He no doubt thoroughly understood , and with most exquisite skill put in practice , the arts of persuasion ; but it would require something beyond the force of art , and partaking rather of the nature ...
... whole world was dazzled by them . He no doubt thoroughly understood , and with most exquisite skill put in practice , the arts of persuasion ; but it would require something beyond the force of art , and partaking rather of the nature ...
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... whole thought dangerous , at court , to make any reference to the great storehouse and armoury of the Roundheads . Cast , by these means , into temporary oblivion , they were long suffered to remain in it . For most literary men are too ...
... whole thought dangerous , at court , to make any reference to the great storehouse and armoury of the Roundheads . Cast , by these means , into temporary oblivion , they were long suffered to remain in it . For most literary men are too ...
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