The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page vi
... . For it is well known , and you well know , that I am naturally flow in writing , and averfe to write ; while you , either from difpofition or from habit , feem to to have little reluctance in engaging in thefe literary ( vi.
... . For it is well known , and you well know , that I am naturally flow in writing , and averfe to write ; while you , either from difpofition or from habit , feem to to have little reluctance in engaging in thefe literary ( vi.
Page ix
... feem to have placed upon my breaft to keep off all fickness but what comes by your permiffion . But that you may not indulge any excess of menace I muft inform you , that I cannot help loving you fuch as you are ; for whatever the Deity ...
... feem to have placed upon my breaft to keep off all fickness but what comes by your permiffion . But that you may not indulge any excess of menace I muft inform you , that I cannot help loving you fuch as you are ; for whatever the Deity ...
Page xi
... feem ardently to expect that you will either illuftrate or amplify , or at leaft polish and methodize the labours of your predeceffors . By fuch a work you will lay your countrymen under no common obligation , which they will be ...
... feem ardently to expect that you will either illuftrate or amplify , or at leaft polish and methodize the labours of your predeceffors . By fuch a work you will lay your countrymen under no common obligation , which they will be ...
Page xiii
... feem to this day to have had no other defign than to fatisfy their own coun- trymen , without taking any concern about any body elfe . Though I think that they would have provided better for their own reputation and for the glory of the ...
... feem to this day to have had no other defign than to fatisfy their own coun- trymen , without taking any concern about any body elfe . Though I think that they would have provided better for their own reputation and for the glory of the ...
Page xiv
... feem , like the fpirits in Virgil , In a green valley the pent spirits lay , Impatient to behold the realms of day , to demand the parturient labours of the prefs . Some of them you have already published , which are greedily received ...
... feem , like the fpirits in Virgil , In a green valley the pent spirits lay , Impatient to behold the realms of day , to demand the parturient labours of the prefs . Some of them you have already published , which are greedily received ...
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