The Prose Works of John Milton ...Bell & Daldy, 1868 |
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Page xvii
... asserted and commonly believed , he was , if one may so speak , too little bigoted in his attachment to democracy ; and suffered , for peace sake , too many concessions to be made to the upper orders , in his plans of go- vernment . For ...
... asserted and commonly believed , he was , if one may so speak , too little bigoted in his attachment to democracy ; and suffered , for peace sake , too many concessions to be made to the upper orders , in his plans of go- vernment . For ...
Page xxx
... assert positively , that Milton was POOR - that he suffered hunger ; but that yet , in the midst of his indigence , his proud heathenish spirit looked with intolerable scorn upon tyrants and slaves , and dared to dream of eternal fame ...
... assert positively , that Milton was POOR - that he suffered hunger ; but that yet , in the midst of his indigence , his proud heathenish spirit looked with intolerable scorn upon tyrants and slaves , and dared to dream of eternal fame ...
Page xxxvi
... assertion , our humanity might have been pained by imagining . " " and " indigence " In short , it is clear that while he was engaged in writing this Life of Milton , Johnson's better and worse angel were at constant war , the former ...
... assertion , our humanity might have been pained by imagining . " " and " indigence " In short , it is clear that while he was engaged in writing this Life of Milton , Johnson's better and worse angel were at constant war , the former ...
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... between them , yet there would be the true ground of distinction in the difference between , as several individuals and the same common nature . " - Ed . liberty of yours , asserted and vindicated by so many 10 PREFACE .
... between them , yet there would be the true ground of distinction in the difference between , as several individuals and the same common nature . " - Ed . liberty of yours , asserted and vindicated by so many 10 PREFACE .
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John Milton. liberty of yours , asserted and vindicated by so many years war and toil , would have been ere now , if it had not taken breath again by the timely death of a certain rash young gentleman . But our author begins to strut ...
John Milton. liberty of yours , asserted and vindicated by so many years war and toil , would have been ere now , if it had not taken breath again by the timely death of a certain rash young gentleman . But our author begins to strut ...
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