Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton: Derived Principally from Documents in His Majesty's State-paper Office, Now First Published, Volume 6 |
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... believe , at Cambridge , the rod was frequently used by the tutors and deans and Dr. Potter , while a tutor of Trinity col- lege , I knew right well , whipt his pupil with his sword by his side , when he came to take his leave of him to ...
... believe , at Cambridge , the rod was frequently used by the tutors and deans and Dr. Potter , while a tutor of Trinity col- lege , I knew right well , whipt his pupil with his sword by his side , when he came to take his leave of him to ...
Page 13
... believe he had much less credulity than Wood . Aubrey's Monumenta Britannica is a very solid and rational work , and its judicious conjectures and observations have been approved and adopted by the best modern antiquaries . Aubrey's ...
... believe he had much less credulity than Wood . Aubrey's Monumenta Britannica is a very solid and rational work , and its judicious conjectures and observations have been approved and adopted by the best modern antiquaries . Aubrey's ...
Page 88
... believe would have been secure : And it was , in consequence of his death , that his family left the roof of Milton . This brings us to the last scene of domestick cir- cumstances , hitherto unexplored , in the history of Milton and his ...
... believe would have been secure : And it was , in consequence of his death , that his family left the roof of Milton . This brings us to the last scene of domestick cir- cumstances , hitherto unexplored , in the history of Milton and his ...
Page 114
... believe , in 1649. The object of this writer is to impeach the title of the king to the Icon Basilikè , and to assign it to a nameless divine . Thus Mr. Hayley says of Milton , that " the sagacity of the poet ena- bled him to discover ...
... believe , in 1649. The object of this writer is to impeach the title of the king to the Icon Basilikè , and to assign it to a nameless divine . Thus Mr. Hayley says of Milton , that " the sagacity of the poet ena- bled him to discover ...
Page 115
... believe that Milton had a soul above being guilty of so mean an action to serve so mean a purpose ; and there is as little rea- son for fixing it on him , as he had to traduce the king for profaning the duty of prayer with the pol ...
... believe that Milton had a soul above being guilty of so mean an action to serve so mean a purpose ; and there is as little rea- son for fixing it on him , as he had to traduce the king for profaning the duty of prayer with the pol ...
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