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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Page 39
... scenes familiar to Theocritus and Homer , the pines of Etna and the pastures of Peneus , he abruptly changed his course , and hastily returned home to plead the cause of ideal liberty . Yet in this chaos of controversy , amidst endless ...
... scenes familiar to Theocritus and Homer , the pines of Etna and the pastures of Peneus , he abruptly changed his course , and hastily returned home to plead the cause of ideal liberty . Yet in this chaos of controversy , amidst endless ...
Page 42
... scenes , where licentiousness was universal , his own conduct was perfectly irreproach- able . I dwell the more zealously on whatever may elucidate the moral character of Milton ; because , even among those who love and revere him , the ...
... scenes , where licentiousness was universal , his own conduct was perfectly irreproach- able . I dwell the more zealously on whatever may elucidate the moral character of Milton ; because , even among those who love and revere him , the ...
Page 44
... scenes of life , in which Milton , now returned to his native country , became engaged ; let me be permitted to lament that he never executed the scheme , which he once proposed to himself in his animated lines to Manso , of ...
... scenes of life , in which Milton , now returned to his native country , became engaged ; let me be permitted to lament that he never executed the scheme , which he once proposed to himself in his animated lines to Manso , of ...
Page 61
... formidable , who were called Di- vorcers , and even Miltonists . Pagitt , in his " De- 66 e Act ii . Scene i . e Letters , 10th edit . p . 455 . scription of the Hereticks and Sectaries " of that period AND WRITINGS OF MILTON . 61.
... formidable , who were called Di- vorcers , and even Miltonists . Pagitt , in his " De- 66 e Act ii . Scene i . e Letters , 10th edit . p . 455 . scription of the Hereticks and Sectaries " of that period AND WRITINGS OF MILTON . 61.
Page 68
... scene in Paradise Lost , in which Eve addresses her- self to Adam for pardon and peace . At the inter- cession of his friends who were present , after a short reluctance , he generously sacrificed all his resent- ment to her tears ...
... scene in Paradise Lost , in which Eve addresses her- self to Adam for pardon and peace . At the inter- cession of his friends who were present , after a short reluctance , he generously sacrificed all his resent- ment to her tears ...
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