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But this , I hope , will be enough to excuse me with the mere Englishman , to be no forger of new and loose opinions . Others may read him in his own phrase on the first to the Corinthians , and ease me who never could delight in long ...
But this , I hope , will be enough to excuse me with the mere Englishman , to be no forger of new and loose opinions . Others may read him in his own phrase on the first to the Corinthians , and ease me who never could delight in long ...
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... or moon , or star throughout the year , Or man or woman : -yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will , nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward . What supports me , dost thou ask ?
... or moon , or star throughout the year , Or man or woman : -yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will , nor bate a jot Of heart or hope ; but still bear up and steer Right onward . What supports me , dost thou ask ?
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He would ' naturally hope , and wait for better limes ; and would endeavour to produce them ; a work which he would think himself most likely to execute , in a situation where he had the most power , rather than by deserting his post ...
He would ' naturally hope , and wait for better limes ; and would endeavour to produce them ; a work which he would think himself most likely to execute , in a situation where he had the most power , rather than by deserting his post ...
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How should then the dim taper of this emperor's age , that had such need of snuffing , extend any beam to our times , wherewith we might hope to be better lighted , than by those luminaries that God hath set up to shine to us far nearer ...
How should then the dim taper of this emperor's age , that had such need of snuffing , extend any beam to our times , wherewith we might hope to be better lighted , than by those luminaries that God hath set up to shine to us far nearer ...
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Founded in chaste and humble poverty , ' Gainst them that rais'd thee dost thou lift thy horn , Impudent whore , where hast thou plac'd thy hope ? In thy adulterers , or thy ill - got wealth ? Another Constantine comes not in haste .
Founded in chaste and humble poverty , ' Gainst them that rais'd thee dost thou lift thy horn , Impudent whore , where hast thou plac'd thy hope ? In thy adulterers , or thy ill - got wealth ? Another Constantine comes not in haste .
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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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