The Prose Works of John Milton...H.G. Bohn, 1848 |
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Page i
... hands of so few readers , 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 ...
... hands of so few readers , 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 ...
Page iii
... hands for any but who practise virtue . Milton , as he ought , experienced that noble pride and enthusiasm which the consciousness of genius inspires . He could , therefore , not behold without abhorrence an order of things in which the ...
... hands for any but who practise virtue . Milton , as he ought , experienced that noble pride and enthusiasm which the consciousness of genius inspires . He could , therefore , not behold without abhorrence an order of things in which the ...
Page ix
... hand the various corruptions that sprang up , until “ the huge overshadowing train of error had almost swept all the ... hands to be confided to others more worthy . Turning aside , therefore , for a moment , from the pursuit of the ...
... hand the various corruptions that sprang up , until “ the huge overshadowing train of error had almost swept all the ... hands to be confided to others more worthy . Turning aside , therefore , for a moment , from the pursuit of the ...
Page xi
... hand that we must of duty still appear before them once a year in Jerusalem , like good circumcised males and females , to be taxed by the poll , to be sconced our head - money , our twopences , in their chandlery - shop book of Easter ...
... hand that we must of duty still appear before them once a year in Jerusalem , like good circumcised males and females , to be taxed by the poll , to be sconced our head - money , our twopences , in their chandlery - shop book of Easter ...
Page xxv
... hand to supply them . It has been shown that , in all his works , Milton stands forth the advocate of popular principles of government ; and these princi- ples having , at the Restoration , been abandoned both by the people and the ...
... hand to supply them . It has been shown that , in all his works , Milton stands forth the advocate of popular principles of government ; and these princi- ples having , at the Restoration , been abandoned both by the people and the ...
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