The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page viii
... thofe general expreffions of good - will which are nothing but words and air . You wish me my health fix hundred times , in as great a quantity as I can wifh , as I am able to bear , or even more than this . Truly , you fhould be ...
... thofe general expreffions of good - will which are nothing but words and air . You wish me my health fix hundred times , in as great a quantity as I can wifh , as I am able to bear , or even more than this . Truly , you fhould be ...
Page ix
... thofe fix hundred healths which you have beftowed , if I fhould , which God forbid , ever forfeit your friendship . Remove that formidable battery which you feem to have placed upon my breaft to keep off all fickness but what comes by ...
... thofe fix hundred healths which you have beftowed , if I fhould , which God forbid , ever forfeit your friendship . Remove that formidable battery which you feem to have placed upon my breaft to keep off all fickness but what comes by ...
Page x
... thofe , who have either obtained the fame degree of glory , or are fuccefsfully labouring to obtain it . But now I am fure that you with me to gratify your curiofity , and to let you know what I have been doing or am meditating to do ...
... thofe , who have either obtained the fame degree of glory , or are fuccefsfully labouring to obtain it . But now I am fure that you with me to gratify your curiofity , and to let you know what I have been doing or am meditating to do ...
Page xiii
... thofe qualities fhould deprive you of the homage of a more polished and elaborate entreaty . For fince your fingular modefty is fo apt to depreciate your own performances ; the dignity of the subject , and my refpect for you , will not ...
... thofe qualities fhould deprive you of the homage of a more polished and elaborate entreaty . For fince your fingular modefty is fo apt to depreciate your own performances ; the dignity of the subject , and my refpect for you , will not ...
Page xvii
... thofe perfons , and particu- larly with you , I tafted blifs without alloy . This you would have known long fince , if you received my poem on that occafion . I had it carefully fent , that whatever poetical merit it might poffefs , the ...
... thofe perfons , and particu- larly with you , I tafted blifs without alloy . This you would have known long fince , if you received my poem on that occafion . I had it carefully fent , that whatever poetical merit it might poffefs , the ...
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