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 iii
... true poet scorns to be a parasite , scorns to owe anything to insolent wealth ; or , if distress and lack of virtue sometimes lead such a man to prostitute his divine gift , rather than eat the sweeter bread of indigence , and herd with ...
... true poet scorns to be a parasite , scorns to owe anything to insolent wealth ; or , if distress and lack of virtue sometimes lead such a man to prostitute his divine gift , rather than eat the sweeter bread of indigence , and herd with ...
Page vi
... true relish can there be in the life which is held , not enjoyed , by the permission of another ? Who , under an evil government , can feel any unsophisticated thirst of glory , or be desirous that posterity should know he tasted the ...
... true relish can there be in the life which is held , not enjoyed , by the permission of another ? Who , under an evil government , can feel any unsophisticated thirst of glory , or be desirous that posterity should know he tasted the ...
Page ix
... true foundations of this science , which being of greatest importance to the life of man , yet there is no art that hath been more cankered in her principles , more soiled and slubbered with aphorisming pe dantry , than the art of ...
... true foundations of this science , which being of greatest importance to the life of man , yet there is no art that hath been more cankered in her principles , more soiled and slubbered with aphorisming pe dantry , than the art of ...
Page x
... true wisdom and virtue , and that which springs from thence - magnanimity ; ( take heed of that ; ) and that which is our beginning , regeneration , and happiest end - likeness to God , which , in one word , we call godli- ness ; and ...
... true wisdom and virtue , and that which springs from thence - magnanimity ; ( take heed of that ; ) and that which is our beginning , regeneration , and happiest end - likeness to God , which , in one word , we call godli- ness ; and ...
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... true cause , all attempts at recom- mending them to the public must prove fruitless , since their tone can never be lowered , nor can the intellect of the generality ever be raised to the relish of compositions , which , according to ...
... true cause , all attempts at recom- mending them to the public must prove fruitless , since their tone can never be lowered , nor can the intellect of the generality ever be raised to the relish of compositions , which , according to ...
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