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Yet as the prose works of our great poet have never been popularised -- as their notoriety beats no sort of proportion to their intrinsic merit , to their former efficacy , or to the celebrity of the author , a slight sketch of the ...
Yet as the prose works of our great poet have never been popularised -- as their notoriety beats no sort of proportion to their intrinsic merit , to their former efficacy , or to the celebrity of the author , a slight sketch of the ...
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The indifference of mankind to evils they have never felt , and especially which they are never likely to feel , is proverbial ; -an indifference - which Milton does not fail to notice in his address to the parliament .
The indifference of mankind to evils they have never felt , and especially which they are never likely to feel , is proverbial ; -an indifference - which Milton does not fail to notice in his address to the parliament .
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Others may read him in his own phrase on the first to the Corinthians , and ease me who never could delight in long citations , much less in whole traductions ; whether it be natural disposition or education in me , or that my mother ...
Others may read him in his own phrase on the first to the Corinthians , and ease me who never could delight in long citations , much less in whole traductions ; whether it be natural disposition or education in me , or that my mother ...
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Milton boldly advanced in defence of freedom of discussion and of communication ; and never was a noble cause more nobly defended . I can say of it nothing better than recommend an attentive perusal . Of this production a few pages only ...
Milton boldly advanced in defence of freedom of discussion and of communication ; and never was a noble cause more nobly defended . I can say of it nothing better than recommend an attentive perusal . Of this production a few pages only ...
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in principle , copious and learned in illustration , in diction pure , elegant , lofty - never was there a nobler defence of liberty and truth against sophistry and despotism . As to the justice or injustice of Charles's execution ...
in principle , copious and learned in illustration , in diction pure , elegant , lofty - never was there a nobler defence of liberty and truth against sophistry and despotism . As to the justice or injustice of Charles's execution ...
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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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