The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page ix
... probably , to be numbered with the most fal- lible of its individuals : but I am superior to fraud , and am too proud for concealment . TRUTH , religious , moral , and political , is what alone , I profess to pursue ; and if I fancied ...
... probably , to be numbered with the most fal- lible of its individuals : but I am superior to fraud , and am too proud for concealment . TRUTH , religious , moral , and political , is what alone , I profess to pursue ; and if I fancied ...
Page 21
... noticed in its proper place , in the first line of the Damon , I have not been able to detect any of these crimes against prosody . In the few spe- P On this passage , which probably would not have LIFE OF MILTON . 21.
... noticed in its proper place , in the first line of the Damon , I have not been able to detect any of these crimes against prosody . In the few spe- P On this passage , which probably would not have LIFE OF MILTON . 21.
Page 22
... probably would not have been published had it referred to cimens , which he has given us of his Greek poetry , he has more frequently fallen into error , as Dr. C. Burney has very acutely and learnedly demonstrated . On Milton's Greek ...
... probably would not have been published had it referred to cimens , which he has given us of his Greek poetry , he has more frequently fallen into error , as Dr. C. Burney has very acutely and learnedly demonstrated . On Milton's Greek ...
Page 55
... probably have yielded to the shock ; and , prostrate before the Father of mercies , he would have poured his soul in solicitous supplication for the refuge of an early grave . But of the world of destiny , as it was passing , one only ...
... probably have yielded to the shock ; and , prostrate before the Father of mercies , he would have poured his soul in solicitous supplication for the refuge of an early grave . But of the world of destiny , as it was passing , one only ...
Page 78
... probably , at no long pe- riod before the Lycidas , which was the last of our author's works while he resided with his father . They were unquestionably com- posed in the happiest humour of the poet's mind , when his fancy was all ...
... probably , at no long pe- riod before the Lycidas , which was the last of our author's works while he resided with his father . They were unquestionably com- posed in the happiest humour of the poet's mind , when his fancy was all ...
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