Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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Page xiv
... minds of men from the leaden tyranny of Rome , and by opening the Bible to all , broke the world into sects . But for long after the reformation , the catholics were the common objects of hatred and opposition to all the sectaries ...
... minds of men from the leaden tyranny of Rome , and by opening the Bible to all , broke the world into sects . But for long after the reformation , the catholics were the common objects of hatred and opposition to all the sectaries ...
Page xxii
... spirit of antiquity was dif- fused among them ; and the progress of the strug- gle called into action some of the highest minds which have appeared in this or in any age or nation . Among these the great author , whose xx.i INTRODUCTION ..
... spirit of antiquity was dif- fused among them ; and the progress of the strug- gle called into action some of the highest minds which have appeared in this or in any age or nation . Among these the great author , whose xx.i INTRODUCTION ..
Page lix
... minds of men were roused and kindled by the commotions of the times . A spirit of activity , of enquiry and enterprize was called forth , which never fails to present an interesting and instructive spectacle . Milton was not of a temper ...
... minds of men were roused and kindled by the commotions of the times . A spirit of activity , of enquiry and enterprize was called forth , which never fails to present an interesting and instructive spectacle . Milton was not of a temper ...
Page lx
... mind of the highest order . Though deeply tinged , it must be owned , with the pre- judices and party - spirit of the times , there is no- thing of the hypocritical cant , or of the fanatical frenzy of the sectaries of those times ...
... mind of the highest order . Though deeply tinged , it must be owned , with the pre- judices and party - spirit of the times , there is no- thing of the hypocritical cant , or of the fanatical frenzy of the sectaries of those times ...
Page lxi
... writing " a dull style ; " and as a general position , he main- tains , that to minds " diversely tempered , " dif- ferent styles are naturally and properly adapted . To all this we may add , that the taste INTRODUCTION . lxi.
... writing " a dull style ; " and as a general position , he main- tains , that to minds " diversely tempered , " dif- ferent styles are naturally and properly adapted . To all this we may add , that the taste INTRODUCTION . lxi.
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