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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... perhaps , without blame , express in this place the re- gret which the disparaging tone adopted in speaking of their pre- decessors by too many of the biographers of this great writer , has never failed to cause in me . From their ...
... perhaps , without blame , express in this place the re- gret which the disparaging tone adopted in speaking of their pre- decessors by too many of the biographers of this great writer , has never failed to cause in me . From their ...
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... perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of civil wisdom to inferior persons ; which was doubtless the notion Plato entertained of poets , when he banished them his commonwealth as ...
... perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of civil wisdom to inferior persons ; which was doubtless the notion Plato entertained of poets , when he banished them his commonwealth as ...
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... perhaps , be permitted , by the way , to hazard another observation . The idea seems to have arisen from the practice of ordinary verse - makers in comparatively refined ages , whose timid sensibilities unfit them to shine or struggle ...
... perhaps , be permitted , by the way , to hazard another observation . The idea seems to have arisen from the practice of ordinary verse - makers in comparatively refined ages , whose timid sensibilities unfit them to shine or struggle ...
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... perhaps , be said for the great majority of those engaged in the study of English literature , for whom , and not for those already deeply versed in his writings , the present discourse is intended . Another obstacle to the diffusion of ...
... perhaps , be said for the great majority of those engaged in the study of English literature , for whom , and not for those already deeply versed in his writings , the present discourse is intended . Another obstacle to the diffusion of ...
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... perhaps , have remained inactive , or manifested itself in a less fierce and uncompromising manner . He might have spoken or written , indeed , against the abuses of church- government ; but he would probably have exhibited in his ...
... perhaps , have remained inactive , or manifested itself in a less fierce and uncompromising manner . He might have spoken or written , indeed , against the abuses of church- government ; but he would probably have exhibited in his ...
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