The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page ii
... 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 the want ...
... 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 the want ...
Page iii
... himself had long neglected fuch frivolous pursuits , and was then intent on more serious ftudies . Of these verfes I fent you a printed copy , fince I knew both your dif- criminating taste in poetry , and your candid allowances for ...
... himself had long neglected fuch frivolous pursuits , and was then intent on more serious ftudies . Of these verfes I fent you a printed copy , fince I knew both your dif- criminating taste in poetry , and your candid allowances for ...
Page xi
... himself to annihilate that barbarifin which commits more extenfive ravages on the minds of men , which is the inteftine enemy of genius and literature , by the tafte which he infpires , and the good authors which he causes to be read ...
... himself to annihilate that barbarifin which commits more extenfive ravages on the minds of men , which is the inteftine enemy of genius and literature , by the tafte which he infpires , and the good authors which he causes to be read ...
Page xxxiv
... himself commended in Cato , that he fhould be able to fay much in a few words ; a perfection which I think that no one can attain without the most difcriminating judgment and a peculiar degree of mo- deration . There are many in whom ...
... himself commended in Cato , that he fhould be able to fay much in a few words ; a perfection which I think that no one can attain without the most difcriminating judgment and a peculiar degree of mo- deration . There are many in whom ...
Page xxxviii
... himself the blame of my not writing to you fooner . After he had showed ' me that paper which you wifhed me to read concerning what I had done and fuffered for the fake of the Gospel , I wrote this letter as foon as poffible , intending ...
... himself the blame of my not writing to you fooner . After he had showed ' me that paper which you wifhed me to read concerning what I had done and fuffered for the fake of the Gospel , I wrote this letter as foon as poffible , intending ...
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