Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton: Derived Principally from Documents in His Majesty's State-paper Office, Now First Published, Volume 6 |
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... Divine , written in € 1630 , Hakewill's Apology & c . " This work was commended too by Archbishop Usher . A truly ami- able and learned author , it may here be added , to whom the literature of this country is peculiarly in- debted ...
... Divine , written in € 1630 , Hakewill's Apology & c . " This work was commended too by Archbishop Usher . A truly ami- able and learned author , it may here be added , to whom the literature of this country is peculiarly in- debted ...
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... divine argument alone , but in the very critical art of composition , may be easily made ap- pear over all the kinds of lyrick poesy to be incom- parable . These abilities , wheresoever they be found , are the inspired gift of God ...
... divine argument alone , but in the very critical art of composition , may be easily made ap- pear over all the kinds of lyrick poesy to be incom- parable . These abilities , wheresoever they be found , are the inspired gift of God ...
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... divine , and author of a voluminous commentary on the book of Job ; whom Milton , in his reply , roughly stigma- tizes with repeated charges of ignorance , as he also styles his antagonist " a serving - man both by nature and by ...
... divine , and author of a voluminous commentary on the book of Job ; whom Milton , in his reply , roughly stigma- tizes with repeated charges of ignorance , as he also styles his antagonist " a serving - man both by nature and by ...
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... divine . Thus Mr. Hayley says of Milton , that " the sagacity of the poet ena- bled him to discover that the pious work , imputed to the deceased king , was a political artifice to serve the cause of the royalists ; but as it was ...
... divine . Thus Mr. Hayley says of Milton , that " the sagacity of the poet ena- bled him to discover that the pious work , imputed to the deceased king , was a political artifice to serve the cause of the royalists ; but as it was ...
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... divine , in orders , and a preacher ; but whether he took them according to the way of the Church of England , which he always scrupled , A. Wood says , it appears not . He was a great pretender towards recon- ciling the Calvinists and ...
... divine , in orders , and a preacher ; but whether he took them according to the way of the Church of England , which he always scrupled , A. Wood says , it appears not . He was a great pretender towards recon- ciling the Calvinists and ...
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