The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... mind ; and that the pain of your abfence which was almoft foothed into quiefcence fhould revive and dif- perfe the pleasurable dream . I long fince received your defirable prefent of the Hebrew Bible . I wrote this at my lodgings in the ...
... mind ; and that the pain of your abfence which was almoft foothed into quiefcence fhould revive and dif- perfe the pleasurable dream . I long fince received your defirable prefent of the Hebrew Bible . I wrote this at my lodgings in the ...
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... mind as to an emporium of literature . Among us , as far as I know , there are only two or three , who , without any acquaint- ance with criticism or philofophy , do not inftantly en- gage with raw and untutored judgments in the ftudy ...
... mind as to an emporium of literature . Among us , as far as I know , there are only two or three , who , without any acquaint- ance with criticism or philofophy , do not inftantly en- gage with raw and untutored judgments in the ftudy ...
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... mind ; and where you practife the contempt , and triumph over the temptations of ambition , pomp , luxury , and all that fol- lows the chariot of fortune , or attracts the gaze and ad- miration of the thoughtlefs multitude . I hope that ...
... mind ; and where you practife the contempt , and triumph over the temptations of ambition , pomp , luxury , and all that fol- lows the chariot of fortune , or attracts the gaze and ad- miration of the thoughtlefs multitude . I hope that ...
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... 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 . Nor do I think it a matter of little moment whether the language of a people be ...
... 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 . Nor do I think it a matter of little moment whether the language of a people be ...
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... mind , which is exalted by its own humiliation , and to which we may apply a verse in the Ceres of Callimachus , Γύματα μαν χέρσω κεφαλαδε ̓ οἱ ἀπτετ ' ολύμπω . On th ' earth he treads , but to the heavens he foars . His conduct may ...
... mind , which is exalted by its own humiliation , and to which we may apply a verse in the Ceres of Callimachus , Γύματα μαν χέρσω κεφαλαδε ̓ οἱ ἀπτετ ' ολύμπω . On th ' earth he treads , but to the heavens he foars . His conduct may ...
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