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 iv
... manner , he conceived it to be his duty to lift up his voice . Such , I repeat , were the reasons that snatched Milton from the muse's bower , to convert him into a controversialist and a politician ; and nobler sources of inspiration ...
... manner , he conceived it to be his duty to lift up his voice . Such , I repeat , were the reasons that snatched Milton from the muse's bower , to convert him into a controversialist and a politician ; and nobler sources of inspiration ...
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... manner , their precepts mainly tend to break a national spirit and courage , by countenancing open riot , luxury , and ignorance , till having thus disfigured and made men beneath men , as Juno in the fable of Io , they deliver up the ...
... manner , their precepts mainly tend to break a national spirit and courage , by countenancing open riot , luxury , and ignorance , till having thus disfigured and made men beneath men , as Juno in the fable of Io , they deliver up the ...
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... manner is , when soaring up into the high tower of his apo- geum , above the shadow of the earth , he darts out the direct rays of his then most piercing eyesight upon the impostures and trim disguises that were used with him , and ...
... manner is , when soaring up into the high tower of his apo- geum , above the shadow of the earth , he darts out the direct rays of his then most piercing eyesight upon the impostures and trim disguises that were used with him , and ...
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... manners , to raise and purify the character of its votaries . For the first time , perhaps , since the age of the apostles , Chris- tianity was put in practice on a grand scale , by high - minded disin- terested men , who sought in ...
... manners , to raise and purify the character of its votaries . For the first time , perhaps , since the age of the apostles , Chris- tianity was put in practice on a grand scale , by high - minded disin- terested men , who sought in ...
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... perhaps both the cause and manner were unknown even to himself , had early imbibed principles favourable to arbitrary power ; and , notwithstanding that he ac- cepted of a pension from a prince of the house xxviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... perhaps both the cause and manner were unknown even to himself , had early imbibed principles favourable to arbitrary power ; and , notwithstanding that he ac- cepted of a pension from a prince of the house xxviii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
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