The Prose Works of John Milton: A defence of the people of England. A second defence of the people of England. EikonoklastesH.G. Bohn, 1848 - English prose literature |
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Page xviii
... such abilities as his would have purchased from the exiled Stuart the reversion of a dukedom . With the uprightness and honour of one who had from the cradle made the good and the beautiful , as he himself xviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... such abilities as his would have purchased from the exiled Stuart the reversion of a dukedom . With the uprightness and honour of one who had from the cradle made the good and the beautiful , as he himself xviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Page xix
John Milton. made the good and the beautiful , as he himself somewhere expresses it , the object of his impassioned study , Milton took no counsel of his interests or of his fears ; but throwing himself impetuously into the current of ...
John Milton. made the good and the beautiful , as he himself somewhere expresses it , the object of his impassioned study , Milton took no counsel of his interests or of his fears ; but throwing himself impetuously into the current of ...
Page xxvii
... beautiful ; and if , in our presence , his character be misprised , or evil - spoken of by others , we would generously , in consideration of what we owe him , hazard something to vindicate his good name . The same course we should , I ...
... beautiful ; and if , in our presence , his character be misprised , or evil - spoken of by others , we would generously , in consideration of what we owe him , hazard something to vindicate his good name . The same course we should , I ...
Page 274
... beautiful scrap of declamation for the people of England , that it may not perish beyond recovery , I would advise you to insert in the Annals of Volusius ; we do not want the savoury effusions of such a lecherous rhetorician . Next we ...
... beautiful scrap of declamation for the people of England , that it may not perish beyond recovery , I would advise you to insert in the Annals of Volusius ; we do not want the savoury effusions of such a lecherous rhetorician . Next we ...
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... beautiful in its proportions , retained for some time the roughnesses of the mould , and only gradually received its smoothness and polish from the touch of succeeding ages . To speak without figure , Milton had learned , from his ...
... beautiful in its proportions , retained for some time the roughnesses of the mould , and only gradually received its smoothness and polish from the touch of succeeding ages . To speak without figure , Milton had learned , from his ...
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