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... present Discourse by a biographical memoir , though I am far from supposing that a new Life of Milton would , even now , be a work of supererogation . But where the matter is so rich and extensive , it would be of little service to pre ...
... present Discourse by a biographical memoir , though I am far from supposing that a new Life of Milton would , even now , be a work of supererogation . But where the matter is so rich and extensive , it would be of little service to pre ...
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... present discourse is intended . Another obstacle to the diffusion of Milton's prose works among the present generation is the uncouth titles which several of them bear . The less courageous reader is stopped at the threshold . He cannot ...
... present discourse is intended . Another obstacle to the diffusion of Milton's prose works among the present generation is the uncouth titles which several of them bear . The less courageous reader is stopped at the threshold . He cannot ...
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... present case , to be actuated . Utility is my object : but under this term I include whatever can benefit the life of man , public or private ; whatever can improve his virtues , or enlarge his thoughts , or lift him above the clouds of ...
... present case , to be actuated . Utility is my object : but under this term I include whatever can benefit the life of man , public or private ; whatever can improve his virtues , or enlarge his thoughts , or lift him above the clouds of ...
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... present . An overgrown and unpatriotic aristocracy , confounding their own privileges with the constitution , were incessantly labouring to convert the govern- ment into an instrument for effecting their own purposes , careless whether ...
... present . An overgrown and unpatriotic aristocracy , confounding their own privileges with the constitution , were incessantly labouring to convert the govern- ment into an instrument for effecting their own purposes , careless whether ...
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... present generation is in- debted to many distinguished commoners and lords , who daily , in the senate or at popular assemblies , urge forward the work of reformation But , among those who most honourably distinguish themselves in the ...
... present generation is in- debted to many distinguished commoners and lords , who daily , in the senate or at popular assemblies , urge forward the work of reformation But , among those who most honourably distinguish themselves in the ...
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Page 45 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 463 - Men would be angels, angels would be gods, Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell, Aspiring to be angels, men rebel...
Page xiii - And strait conjunction with this sex: for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her...
Page 478 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page 53 - Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page 69 - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Page 66 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well.
Page ix - ... sacred Bible sought out of the dusty corners, where profane falsehood and neglect had thrown it, the schools opened, divine and human learning raked out of the embers of forgotten tongues, the princes and cities trooping apace to the new-erected banner of salvation ; the martyrs, with the unresistible might of weakness, shaking the powers of darkness, and scorning the fiery rage of the old red dragon.
Page 493 - MEYRICK'S PAINTED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANCIENT ARMS AND ARMOUR: A Critical Inquiry into Ancient Armour as it existed in Europe, but particularly in England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reign of Charles II.
Page 58 - He hath put down the mighty from their seat, and hath exalted the humble and meek.