The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page iii
... fome ob- fcure hints , and the execution of which could not be delayed . One of the fellows of our college , who was to be the respondent in a philosophical disputation for his degree , engaged me to furnish him with fome verses , which ...
... fome ob- fcure hints , and the execution of which could not be delayed . One of the fellows of our college , who was to be the respondent in a philosophical disputation for his degree , engaged me to furnish him with fome verses , which ...
Page xi
... fome perfons of the firft genius have embraced ; and your fellow - citizens 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 ...
... fome perfons of the firft genius have embraced ; and your fellow - citizens 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 ...
Page xii
... fome degree of profperity as long as their language has re- tained its elegance and its purity . Hence , my Bene- ditto , you may be induced to proceed in executing a work fo ufeful to your country , and may clearly fee what an ...
... fome degree of profperity as long as their language has re- tained its elegance and its purity . Hence , my Bene- ditto , you may be induced to proceed in executing a work fo ufeful to your country , and may clearly fee what an ...
Page xvii
... fome tie of little moment , are continually at hand to infeft my home , to ftun me with their noife and waste me with vexation , while those who are endeared to me by the closest sym- pathy of manners , of taftes and pursuits , are ...
... fome tie of little moment , are continually at hand to infeft my home , to ftun me with their noife and waste me with vexation , while those who are endeared to me by the closest sym- pathy of manners , of taftes and pursuits , are ...
Page xviii
... fome rather harsh expreffions which they contained against the Roman pontiff would have ren- dered them lefs pleafing to your ears . Now I request whenever I mention the rites of your religion in my own way , that you will prevail on ...
... fome rather harsh expreffions which they contained against the Roman pontiff would have ren- dered them lefs pleafing to your ears . Now I request whenever I mention the rites of your religion in my own way , that you will prevail on ...
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