The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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... virtues , the sources of much of my past happiness , I am indebted for all my present consolation , I inscribe THIS LIFE OF MILTON ; which , as it grew under his eye , and was favoured with his regard , cannot be without value in my ...
... virtues , the sources of much of my past happiness , I am indebted for all my present consolation , I inscribe THIS LIFE OF MILTON ; which , as it grew under his eye , and was favoured with his regard , cannot be without value in my ...
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... virtue or the intel- lect , which we are contemplating , be a spring , gushing immediately from the bosom of the earth , or a reservoir , ( if the allusion may be permitted , ) formed and supported by a long continued stream . Of the ...
... virtue or the intel- lect , which we are contemplating , be a spring , gushing immediately from the bosom of the earth , or a reservoir , ( if the allusion may be permitted , ) formed and supported by a long continued stream . Of the ...
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... virtue were preferable to . worldly pleasure and grandeur : but he seems to have been also , as he is represented in another account , 66 a man of no parts or ability . " In his old age he retired from the fatigues of business , and ...
... virtue were preferable to . worldly pleasure and grandeur : but he seems to have been also , as he is represented in another account , 66 a man of no parts or ability . " In his old age he retired from the fatigues of business , and ...
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... virtue strong , Derides the menace of your reptile throng . But he could only calculate the contin- gencies , not fasten his sight ( if the expression may be allowed to me ) on the realities of fu- . turity . If some minister of the ...
... virtue strong , Derides the menace of your reptile throng . But he could only calculate the contin- gencies , not fasten his sight ( if the expression may be allowed to me ) on the realities of fu- . turity . If some minister of the ...
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... virtues . Nor , should you happen to omit writing , would you be without a substitute in that office . Your integrity writes to me in your stead , and inscribes its deep characters upon my in- most senses . Your simplicity , your honour ...
... virtues . Nor , should you happen to omit writing , would you be without a substitute in that office . Your integrity writes to me in your stead , and inscribes its deep characters upon my in- most senses . Your simplicity , your honour ...
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