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Page xxxii
They assailed him from the pulpit and the press ; and had influence enough to cause him to be summoned before the house of Lords ; from which , however , he was dismissed with honour . Milton was now entirely alienated from their cause ...
They assailed him from the pulpit and the press ; and had influence enough to cause him to be summoned before the house of Lords ; from which , however , he was dismissed with honour . Milton was now entirely alienated from their cause ...
Page xxxvi
... and was now sitting under the laurels he had won , in a protestant republic , with a pension from the government . Such was his renown for learning , that different powers are said to have contended for the honour of his residence ...
... and was now sitting under the laurels he had won , in a protestant republic , with a pension from the government . Such was his renown for learning , that different powers are said to have contended for the honour of his residence ...
Page xliv
The queen is even said to have honoured him with looks of a renderer nature than those of admiration . On discovering , however , his inferiority to his antagonist , her attentions became cold and formal ; and she was so malicious as to ...
The queen is even said to have honoured him with looks of a renderer nature than those of admiration . On discovering , however , his inferiority to his antagonist , her attentions became cold and formal ; and she was so malicious as to ...
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The pleasing pursuit of these thoughts hath ofttimes led me into a serious question and debatement with myself , how it should come to pass that England ( having had this grace and honour from God , to be the first that should set up a ...
The pleasing pursuit of these thoughts hath ofttimes led me into a serious question and debatement with myself , how it should come to pass that England ( having had this grace and honour from God , to be the first that should set up a ...
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... under the wardship and control of lust and will : in which attempt if they fall short , then must a superficial colour of reputation by all means , direct or indirect , be gotten to wash over the un : sightly bruise of honour .
... under the wardship and control of lust and will : in which attempt if they fall short , then must a superficial colour of reputation by all means , direct or indirect , be gotten to wash over the un : sightly bruise of honour .
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| Title | Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1 Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, George Burnett |
| Author | John Milton |
| Translated by | George Burnett |
| Publisher | J. Miller, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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