The Prose Works of John Milton ...Bell & Daldy, 1868 |
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Page iv
... manner , he conceived it to be his duty to lift up his voice . Such , I repeat , were the reasons that snatched Milton from the muse's bower , to convert him into a controversialist and a politician ; and nobler sources of inspiration ...
... manner , he conceived it to be his duty to lift up his voice . Such , I repeat , were the reasons that snatched Milton from the muse's bower , to convert him into a controversialist and a politician ; and nobler sources of inspiration ...
Page v
... manners , which are the great staple of poetry , - should hope to qualify himself for the task by escaping , as far as possible , from human society . And what is there in vast assemblies of men - v what in those momentous transactions ...
... manners , which are the great staple of poetry , - should hope to qualify himself for the task by escaping , as far as possible , from human society . And what is there in vast assemblies of men - v what in those momentous transactions ...
Page viii
... manner . He might have spoken or written , indeed , against the abuses of church- government ; but he would probably have exhibited in his opposition more of courtesy , more of that polished suavity of expression , under which , in ...
... manner . He might have spoken or written , indeed , against the abuses of church- government ; but he would probably have exhibited in his opposition more of courtesy , more of that polished suavity of expression , under which , in ...
Page x
... manner , their precepts mainly tend to break a national spirit and courage , by countenancing open riot , luxury , and ignorance , till having thus disfigured and made men beneath men , as Juno in the fable of Io , they deliver up the ...
... manner , their precepts mainly tend to break a national spirit and courage , by countenancing open riot , luxury , and ignorance , till having thus disfigured and made men beneath men , as Juno in the fable of Io , they deliver up the ...
Page xvi
... manner is , when soaring up into the high tower of his apo- geum , above the shadow of the earth , he darts out the direct rays of his then most piercing eyesight upon the impostures and trim disguises that were used with him , and ...
... manner is , when soaring up into the high tower of his apo- geum , above the shadow of the earth , he darts out the direct rays of his then most piercing eyesight upon the impostures and trim disguises that were used with him , and ...
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