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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... hands of so few readers , considering the advantage which might be derived to our literature from the study of their original and nervous eloquence . " DR . SUMNER , Bishop of Winchester . EDITOR'S PREFACE . IT is not my intention to ...
... hands of so few readers , considering the advantage which might be derived to our literature from the study of their original and nervous eloquence . " DR . SUMNER , Bishop of Winchester . EDITOR'S PREFACE . IT is not my intention to ...
Page iii
... hands for any but who practise virtue . Milton , as he ought , experienced that noble pride and enthusiasm which the consciousness of genius inspires . He could , therefore , not behold without abhorrence an order of things in which the ...
... hands for any but who practise virtue . Milton , as he ought , experienced that noble pride and enthusiasm which the consciousness of genius inspires . He could , therefore , not behold without abhorrence an order of things in which the ...
Page ix
... hand the various corruptions that sprang up , until " the huge overshadowing train of error had almost swept all the ... hands to be confided to others more worthy . Turning aside , therefore , for a moment , from the pursuit of the ...
... hand the various corruptions that sprang up , until " the huge overshadowing train of error had almost swept all the ... hands to be confided to others more worthy . Turning aside , therefore , for a moment , from the pursuit of the ...
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... hand soever , upon his most venerable name . At first sight , Johnson's attack appears to be grave , and conducted without any remarkable outrage on public decency . It has little of the buffoonery , scurrility , and coarse invective ...
... hand soever , upon his most venerable name . At first sight , Johnson's attack appears to be grave , and conducted without any remarkable outrage on public decency . It has little of the buffoonery , scurrility , and coarse invective ...
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... hands any of those books are , or hereafter shall be , that they , upon pain of our high displeasure , and the consequence thereof , do forthwith , upon publica- tion of this our command , or within ten days immediately following ...
... hands any of those books are , or hereafter shall be , that they , upon pain of our high displeasure , and the consequence thereof , do forthwith , upon publica- tion of this our command , or within ten days immediately following ...
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