The Prose Works of John Milton...H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page i
... 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 introduce the present ...
... 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 introduce the present ...
Page ii
... Consider the prophets , a kindred race : do they not constantly exhibit the strongest sympathy for the feeble , the friendless , the ob- noxious to injury ? Are not their voices lifted up for the people , against those who would grind ...
... Consider the prophets , a kindred race : do they not constantly exhibit the strongest sympathy for the feeble , the friendless , the ob- noxious to injury ? Are not their voices lifted up for the people , against those who would grind ...
Page xix
... considering the abstract question , and which way soever the matter may be decided , men of all parties , even the advocates of absolute monarchy , as history shows , will prac- tically , if not in words , acknowledge the cogency of the ...
... considering the abstract question , and which way soever the matter may be decided , men of all parties , even the advocates of absolute monarchy , as history shows , will prac- tically , if not in words , acknowledge the cogency of the ...
Page xxxiii
... consider the whole passage . Milton's wife , a month after marriage , leaves him , but her absence gives him little concern . And how happens this ? Why , he pursues his studies . But did not his heart , whose sensibilities had just ...
... consider the whole passage . Milton's wife , a month after marriage , leaves him , but her absence gives him little concern . And how happens this ? Why , he pursues his studies . But did not his heart , whose sensibilities had just ...
Page xxxvii
... considering how it was caused , deserved no com- passion ; that he was ungrateful and unjust ; that he complained because no longer able to boast of his wickedness ; that he was brutally insolent , and guilty of falsehood ; yet calm and ...
... considering how it was caused , deserved no com- passion ; that he was ungrateful and unjust ; that he complained because no longer able to boast of his wickedness ; that he was brutally insolent , and guilty of falsehood ; yet calm and ...
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