The Prose Works of John Milton...H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page xix
... Charles the First , not grounding their disapprobation on this , that he had suffered unjustly , but on the abstract principle , that the people , whatever may be the character of their ruler , were he even a Nero or a Domitian , -have ...
... Charles the First , not grounding their disapprobation on this , that he had suffered unjustly , but on the abstract principle , that the people , whatever may be the character of their ruler , were he even a Nero or a Domitian , -have ...
Page xxvi
... Charles II . , and his most dissolute and despicable court , whose principal aim it was to depose the Almighty from his throne in the hearts of their countrymen , laboured with all the earnestness of hirelings to dim the glory of Milton ...
... Charles II . , and his most dissolute and despicable court , whose principal aim it was to depose the Almighty from his throne in the hearts of their countrymen , laboured with all the earnestness of hirelings to dim the glory of Milton ...
Page xxvii
... Charles the Second's reign , constituted the breath of literary inspiration , soon became entirely incapable of deriving pleasure from composi- tions such as Milton's , where profligacy receives no countenance . Their religious ...
... Charles the Second's reign , constituted the breath of literary inspiration , soon became entirely incapable of deriving pleasure from composi- tions such as Milton's , where profligacy receives no countenance . Their religious ...
Page xxx
... Charles the Second . Few men heartily believe in the existence of virtue above their own reach . He knew what he would have done under similar circumstances ; he knew that , had he lived during the period of the commonwealth , a similar ...
... Charles the Second . Few men heartily believe in the existence of virtue above their own reach . He knew what he would have done under similar circumstances ; he knew that , had he lived during the period of the commonwealth , a similar ...
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... Charles II . With the former , the author of Paradise Lost had something in common ; they were both great men , they were both enemies to that remnant of feudal bar- barism , which , supported by prejudice and ignorance , had for ages ...
... Charles II . With the former , the author of Paradise Lost had something in common ; they were both great men , they were both enemies to that remnant of feudal bar- barism , which , supported by prejudice and ignorance , had for ages ...
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