The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page ii
... faid of himself may be faid of you , your " whole foul is inftinct with the fire of Apollo . " If therefore , on this occafion , you have broken your own . promises , I here commend the want of conftancy which you mention ; I commend ...
... faid of himself may be faid of you , your " whole foul is inftinct with the fire of Apollo . " If therefore , on this occafion , you have broken your own . promises , I here commend the want of conftancy which you mention ; I commend ...
Page xii
... faid not to make you ac- quainted with that of which you were ignorant , but be- caufe I was perfuaded that you are more intent on ferv- ing your country than in confidering the juft title which you have to its remuneration . I will now ...
... faid not to make you ac- quainted with that of which you were ignorant , but be- caufe I was perfuaded that you are more intent on ferv- ing your country than in confidering the juft title which you have to its remuneration . I will now ...
Page xxv
... faid of the poet Phineas in the Argonautics . A ftupor deep his cloudy temples bound , And when he walk'd he feem'd as whirling round , Or in a feeble tranfe he speechlefs lay . Yet the I ought not to omit that , while I had any fight ...
... faid of the poet Phineas in the Argonautics . A ftupor deep his cloudy temples bound , And when he walk'd he feem'd as whirling round , Or in a feeble tranfe he speechlefs lay . Yet the I ought not to omit that , while I had any fight ...
Page xxxvii
... faid of Cicero , that he who loves Salluft is no mean proficient in hiftorical compofition . That precept of Ariftotle in the third book of his . rhetoric , which you wish me to explain , relates to the morality of the reflections and ...
... faid of Cicero , that he who loves Salluft is no mean proficient in hiftorical compofition . That precept of Ariftotle in the third book of his . rhetoric , which you wish me to explain , relates to the morality of the reflections and ...
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... faid , these men were martyrs what then ? though every true Chriftian will be a martyr when he is called to it ; not presently does it follow , that every one suffering for religion is , without exception . Saint Paul writes , that " a ...
... faid , these men were martyrs what then ? though every true Chriftian will be a martyr when he is called to it ; not presently does it follow , that every one suffering for religion is , without exception . Saint Paul writes , that " a ...
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