The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page ix
... 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 , is what alone , I profess to pursue ; and if I fancied ...
... 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 , is what alone , I profess to pursue ; and if I fancied ...
Page 55
... probably have yielded to the shock ; and , prostrate before the Father of mercies , he would have poured his soul in solicitous supplication for the refuge of an early grave . But of the world of destiny , as it was passing , one only ...
... probably have yielded to the shock ; and , prostrate before the Father of mercies , he would have poured his soul in solicitous supplication for the refuge of an early grave . But of the world of destiny , as it was passing , one only ...
Page 78
... probably , at no long pe- riod before the Lycidas , which was the last of our author's works while he resided with his father . They were unquestionably com- posed in the happiest humour of the poet's mind , when his fancy was all ...
... probably , at no long pe- riod before the Lycidas , which was the last of our author's works while he resided with his father . They were unquestionably com- posed in the happiest humour of the poet's mind , when his fancy was all ...
Page 93
... probably acquire nothing from our knowledge to excite our wonder , or , if our expectations were high , to save us from dis- appointment . In the formality and coldness of a first meeting , and especially where one party would be ...
... probably acquire nothing from our knowledge to excite our wonder , or , if our expectations were high , to save us from dis- appointment . In the formality and coldness of a first meeting , and especially where one party would be ...
Page 102
... probably at the Cardinal Barbe- rini's concert , which we have mentioned , that Milton was first struck with the charms and I The classical reader need not be informed that the simpli city and expressive conciseness of the original is ...
... probably at the Cardinal Barbe- rini's concert , which we have mentioned , that Milton was first struck with the charms and I The classical reader need not be informed that the simpli city and expressive conciseness of the original is ...
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