The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page ix
... human evils . I belong to a fallible species , and am , probably , to be numbered with the most fal- lible of its individuals : but I am superior to fraud , and am too proud for concealment . TRUTH , religious , moral , and political ...
... human evils . I belong to a fallible species , and am , probably , to be numbered with the most fal- lible of its individuals : but I am superior to fraud , and am too proud for concealment . TRUTH , religious , moral , and political ...
Page 5
... human being , he has been studious to prevent them from disturbing the rectitude of his line , or from throwing their false tints upon his canvass . The lineage and ancestry of a great man are apt to engage enquiry ; as we are desirous ...
... human being , he has been studious to prevent them from disturbing the rectitude of his line , or from throwing their false tints upon his canvass . The lineage and ancestry of a great man are apt to engage enquiry ; as we are desirous ...
Page 59
... human blood Drunk and made savage , Coмus riots here , Sent by his kindred Furies to destroy : While they , the baleful inmates of this house With notes of horror and Tartarean din , Sing the first crime of this devoted race ...
... human blood Drunk and made savage , Coмus riots here , Sent by his kindred Furies to destroy : While they , the baleful inmates of this house With notes of horror and Tartarean din , Sing the first crime of this devoted race ...
Page 61
... human intelligences cannot form 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 of this world . A ...
... human intelligences cannot form 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 of this world . A ...
Page 81
... human is perpetually exposed , and which all must eventually experience , shall blot out our name and our language , and bury us in bar- barism . But even amid the ruins of Britain , Milton will survive : Europe will preserve one ...
... human is perpetually exposed , and which all must eventually experience , shall blot out our name and our language , and bury us in bar- barism . But even amid the ruins of Britain , Milton will survive : Europe will preserve one ...
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