The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page xiv
... greatest facility in complying with a request fhould not receive the lefs honour on account of his compliance . On this occafion I have employed the Latin rather than your own language , that I might in Latin confefs my imperfect ...
... greatest facility in complying with a request fhould not receive the lefs honour on account of his compliance . On this occafion I have employed the Latin rather than your own language , that I might in Latin confefs my imperfect ...
Page xxi
... greatest moment , to inflame the present Greeks with an ardent 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 ...
... greatest moment , to inflame the present Greeks with an ardent 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 ...
Page xxxiv
... greatest difficulty in hiftorical compofition . because the ftyle fhould correfpond with the nature of the narrative , you afk me how a writer of hiftory may beft attain that excellence . My opinion is , that he who would de- fcribe ...
... greatest difficulty in hiftorical compofition . because the ftyle fhould correfpond with the nature of the narrative , you afk me how a writer of hiftory may beft attain that excellence . My opinion is , that he who would de- fcribe ...
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... greatest part of that zeal , and thofe gifts which were formerly in them , fettling in a skinny congealment of ease and floth at the top : and if they keep their learning by fome potent sway of nature , it is a rare chance ; but their ...
... greatest part of that zeal , and thofe gifts which were formerly in them , fettling in a skinny congealment of ease and floth at the top : and if they keep their learning by fome potent sway of nature , it is a rare chance ; but their ...
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... greatest fize , and divineft mettle . And certainly of no lefs a mind , nor of less excellence in another way , were they who by writing laid the folid and true foundations of this science , which being of greatest importance to the ...
... greatest fize , and divineft mettle . And certainly of no lefs a mind , nor of less excellence in another way , were they who by writing laid the folid and true foundations of this science , which being of greatest importance to the ...
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