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... of a perverted head or a corrupt heart , and to that I shall contentedly resign him after expressing a simple perhaps , but certainly a sincere wish for his relief from what may justly be considered as the severest of human evils .
... of a perverted head or a corrupt heart , and to that I shall contentedly resign him after expressing a simple perhaps , but certainly a sincere wish for his relief from what may justly be considered as the severest of human evils .
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The dead , indeed , are at rest from their labours , and , far from the reach of human malice , are in possession of their reward ; but it is discouraging to the weakness of the living , and is consequently calculated to diminish the ...
The dead , indeed , are at rest from their labours , and , far from the reach of human malice , are in possession of their reward ; but it is discouraging to the weakness of the living , and is consequently calculated to diminish the ...
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His anxiety has been solely to display truth ; and , not professing himself to be exempt from those prejudices , which cling to every human being , he has been studious to prevent them from disturbing the rectitude of his line , or from ...
His anxiety has been solely to display truth ; and , not professing himself to be exempt from those prejudices , which cling to every human being , he has been studious to prevent them from disturbing the rectitude of his line , or from ...
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The most exalted of human intelligences cannot forin one mental phantasm uncompounded of this visible world . Neither Shakspeare nor Milton could conceive a sixth corporeal sense , or a creature absolutely distinct from the inhabiters ...
The most exalted of human intelligences cannot forin one mental phantasm uncompounded of this visible world . Neither Shakspeare nor Milton could conceive a sixth corporeal sense , or a creature absolutely distinct from the inhabiters ...
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Their reputation seems to be still increasing ; and we may venture to predict that it will yet increase , till some of those great vicissitudes , to which all that is human is perpetually exposed , and which all must eventually ...
Their reputation seems to be still increasing ; and we may venture to predict that it will yet increase , till some of those great vicissitudes , to which all that is human is perpetually exposed , and which all must eventually ...
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| Title | The Life of John Milton |
| Author | Charles Symmons |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Nichols and Son, 1806 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 20 Jan 2011 |
| Length | 566 pages |
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