The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 4J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... fhall endeavour that which hi- therto hath been needed moft , with plain and lightfome brevity , to relate well and orderly things worth the noting , fo as may best inftruct and benefit them that read . Which , imploring divine ...
... fhall endeavour that which hi- therto hath been needed moft , with plain and lightfome brevity , to relate well and orderly things worth the noting , fo as may best inftruct and benefit them that read . Which , imploring divine ...
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... fhall rife ; And kings be born of thee , whofe dreaded might Shall awe the world , and conquer nations bold . Thefe verfes originally Greek , were put in Latin , faith Virunnius , by Gildas a British poet , and him to have lived under ...
... fhall rife ; And kings be born of thee , whofe dreaded might Shall awe the world , and conquer nations bold . Thefe verfes originally Greek , were put in Latin , faith Virunnius , by Gildas a British poet , and him to have lived under ...
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... fhall affay . Julius Cæfar ( of whom , and of the Roman free state more than what appert ' ns , is not here to be difcourfed ) having fubdued moft part of Gallia , which by a potent faction he had obtained of the fenate as his province ...
... fhall affay . Julius Cæfar ( of whom , and of the Roman free state more than what appert ' ns , is not here to be difcourfed ) having fubdued moft part of Gallia , which by a potent faction he had obtained of the fenate as his province ...
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... fhall appear . To Claudius the fenate , as for achievements of higheft merit , decreed exceffive honours ; arches triumphs , an- • Dion , 1. 62. Tacit . an . 14 , 44 . nual nual folemnities , and the furname of Britannicus both to Book ...
... fhall appear . To Claudius the fenate , as for achievements of higheft merit , decreed exceffive honours ; arches triumphs , an- • Dion , 1. 62. Tacit . an . 14 , 44 . nual nual folemnities , and the furname of Britannicus both to Book ...
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... fhall live , by me will live to you for ever that praise which is fo near divine , the clemency of a conqueror . " Cæfar moved at fuch a fpectacle of for- tune , but especially at the noblenefs of his bearing it , gave him pardon , and ...
... fhall live , by me will live to you for ever that praise which is fo near divine , the clemency of a conqueror . " Cæfar moved at fuch a fpectacle of for- tune , but especially at the noblenefs of his bearing it , gave him pardon , and ...
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