The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page i
... write you an epiftle in verfe , yet I could not fatisfy my- felf without fending alfo another in profe . For the emotions of my gratitude , which your fervices fo juftly infpire , are too expanfive and too warm to be expreffed in the ...
... write you an epiftle in verfe , yet I could not fatisfy my- felf without fending alfo another in profe . For the emotions of my gratitude , which your fervices fo juftly infpire , are too expanfive and too warm to be expreffed in the ...
Page iv
... writing to me fooner ; for though nothing gives me more plea- sure than to hear from you , how can I or ought I to ex- pect that you ... write ? Your many recent fer- fo vices must prevent me from entertaining any fufpicion of vices iv.
... writing to me fooner ; for though nothing gives me more plea- sure than to hear from you , how can I or ought I to ex- pect that you ... write ? Your many recent fer- fo vices must prevent me from entertaining any fufpicion of vices iv.
Page v
... write a few lines , however de- ficient in elegance , than to say nothing at all . Cambridge , July 21 , 1628 . V. Adieu , reverend fir . To ALEXANDER GILL . IF you had made me a prefent of a piece of plate , or any other valuable which ...
... write a few lines , however de- ficient in elegance , than to say nothing at all . Cambridge , July 21 , 1628 . V. Adieu , reverend fir . To ALEXANDER GILL . IF you had made me a prefent of a piece of plate , or any other valuable which ...
Page vi
... write firft . Though , if the reafons which make each of us fo long in writing to the other should ever be judicially examined , it will ap- pear that I have many more excufes for not writing than you . For it is well known , and you ...
... write firft . Though , if the reafons which make each of us fo long in writing to the other should ever be judicially examined , it will ap- pear that I have many more excufes for not writing than you . For it is well known , and you ...
Page vii
... write letters , or go abroad ; but it is my way to fuffer no impedi- ment , no love of ease , no avocation whatever , to chill the ardour , to break the continuity , or divert the com- pletion of my literary purfuits . From this and no ...
... write letters , or go abroad ; but it is my way to fuffer no impedi- ment , no love of ease , no avocation whatever , to chill the ardour , to break the continuity , or divert the com- pletion of my literary purfuits . From this and no ...
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