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This change of balance , arising from the progress of arts and civilized manners , was further promoted by the union of the crowns , which , by inducing greater peace and security , gave an increased activity to trade and manufactures .
This change of balance , arising from the progress of arts and civilized manners , was further promoted by the union of the crowns , which , by inducing greater peace and security , gave an increased activity to trade and manufactures .
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It is in this production too , that he attacks not only the bishop himself , but his “ Toothless Satyrs , " in a manner which is not very urbane ; and panegyrises the first acts of the Long Parliament - passages which are also retained ...
It is in this production too , that he attacks not only the bishop himself , but his “ Toothless Satyrs , " in a manner which is not very urbane ; and panegyrises the first acts of the Long Parliament - passages which are also retained ...
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He is inhumanly upbraided with his blindness , as the punishment of divine wrath ; and the noble and magnanimous manner in which he speaks upon this melancholy subject cannot be read without deep ...
He is inhumanly upbraided with his blindness , as the punishment of divine wrath ; and the noble and magnanimous manner in which he speaks upon this melancholy subject cannot be read without deep ...
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That style , therefore , is the most perfect , which keeps the attention close to ideas ; agreeably to the rule it is the perfection of art to conceai art . As to the general manner of Milton , apart from these few particularities ...
That style , therefore , is the most perfect , which keeps the attention close to ideas ; agreeably to the rule it is the perfection of art to conceai art . As to the general manner of Milton , apart from these few particularities ...
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So that in this manner the prelates , both then and . ever since , coming from a mean and plebeian life on a sudden to be lords of stately palaces , rich furniture , delicious fare , and princely attendance , thought the plain and ...
So that in this manner the prelates , both then and . ever since , coming from a mean and plebeian life on a sudden to be lords of stately palaces , rich furniture , delicious fare , and princely attendance , thought the plain and ...
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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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