The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page xviii
... defire ; and this I fhould have done long ago without being defired , if I had not fufpected that fome rather harsh expreffions which they contained against the Roman pontiff would have ren- dered them lefs pleafing to your ears . Now I ...
... defire ; and this I fhould have done long ago without being defired , if I had not fufpected that fome rather harsh expreffions which they contained against the Roman pontiff would have ren- dered them lefs pleafing to your ears . Now I ...
Page xxi
... defire to emulate the virtue , the industry , the patience of their antient progenitors ; and this we cannot hope to fee effected by any one but yourself , and for which you feem adapted by the fplendour of your patriotism , combined ...
... defire to emulate the virtue , the industry , the patience of their antient progenitors ; and this we cannot hope to fee effected by any one but yourself , and for which you feem adapted by the fplendour of your patriotism , combined ...
Page xxiv
... defire , left I should seem to reject that aid which perhaps may be offered me by heaven . It is now , I think , about ten years fince I per- ceived my vifion to grow weak and dull ; and , at the fame time , I was troubled with pain in ...
... defire , left I should seem to reject that aid which perhaps may be offered me by heaven . It is now , I think , about ten years fince I per- ceived my vifion to grow weak and dull ; and , at the fame time , I was troubled with pain in ...
Page xxxiii
... you requeft , which feem to have cast a cloud over the writers of hiftory for fo many ages . Of Salluft I will speak as you defire without any hefitation or re- VOL . I. d ferve . ferve . I prefer him to any of the Latin xxxiii.
... you requeft , which feem to have cast a cloud over the writers of hiftory for fo many ages . Of Salluft I will speak as you defire without any hefitation or re- VOL . I. d ferve . ferve . I prefer him to any of the Latin xxxiii.
Page xxxv
... defires a real reformation , ought rather to expel than to choose . You have done right , and not only according to my opinion but that of Horace , by not communicating my writings to any but to those who expreffed a defire to fee them ...
... defires a real reformation , ought rather to expel than to choose . You have done right , and not only according to my opinion but that of Horace , by not communicating my writings to any but to those who expreffed a defire to fee them ...
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