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Page ii
... and subsist , in pride and luxury , on the sweat of other men's brows ? The poetaster , with a base admiration of everything superior to his own mean soul , may celebrate and approve the excesses of ii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... and subsist , in pride and luxury , on the sweat of other men's brows ? The poetaster , with a base admiration of everything superior to his own mean soul , may celebrate and approve the excesses of ii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Page iii
John Milton. mean soul , may celebrate and approve the excesses of men in au- thority ; of all , in fact , who have anything to give : but the poet , whose lips the seraphim have touched with fire snatched from the altar , will never ...
John Milton. mean soul , may celebrate and approve the excesses of men in au- thority ; of all , in fact , who have anything to give : but the poet , whose lips the seraphim have touched with fire snatched from the altar , will never ...
Page viii
... means of over - bodying herself , given up justly to fleshly delights , bated her wing apace downwards ; and , finding the ease she had from her visible and sensuous colleague , the body , in performance viii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
... means of over - bodying herself , given up justly to fleshly delights , bated her wing apace downwards ; and , finding the ease she had from her visible and sensuous colleague , the body , in performance viii EDITOR'S PREFACE .
Page x
... means , direct or indirect , be gotten to wash over the unsightly bruise of honour . To make men governable in this manner , their precepts mainly tend to break a national spirit and courage , by countenancing open riot , luxury , and ...
... means , direct or indirect , be gotten to wash over the unsightly bruise of honour . To make men governable in this manner , their precepts mainly tend to break a national spirit and courage , by countenancing open riot , luxury , and ...
Page xi
... means my intention to enter into an analysis of these , or any other of his works , or to introduce specimens of the whole , which , where arguments and beauties lie so thick , would swell this prefatory notice into volumes . He seems ...
... means my intention to enter into an analysis of these , or any other of his works , or to introduce specimens of the whole , which , where arguments and beauties lie so thick , would swell this prefatory notice into volumes . He seems ...
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