The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page v
... reader for pe- culiar deficiency in composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a father , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride ...
... reader for pe- culiar deficiency in composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a father , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride ...
Page vi
... reader would easily discover not to be mine ; but to prevent his enquiry for the superior hand , from which they came , he will find them either acknowledged in their places , or specified at the foot of the present page . Two smaller ...
... reader would easily discover not to be mine ; but to prevent his enquiry for the superior hand , from which they came , he will find them either acknowledged in their places , or specified at the foot of the present page . Two smaller ...
Page vii
... reader . It has been my object to present to him as complete a view of the subject , of which I have undertaken to treat , as was admitted by my materials or my powers ; and to communicate to my pages all the variety and entertainment ...
... reader . It has been my object to present to him as complete a view of the subject , of which I have undertaken to treat , as was admitted by my materials or my powers ; and to communicate to my pages all the variety and entertainment ...
Page viii
... readers ; for I have made too explicit an avowal of my political creed , with refer- ence to the civil and the ecclesiastical system , of which I am fortunately a member , to be under any apprehensions of suffering by mis- construction ...
... readers ; for I have made too explicit an avowal of my political creed , with refer- ence to the civil and the ecclesiastical system , of which I am fortunately a member , to be under any apprehensions of suffering by mis- construction ...
Page xii
... reader , and are too trivial to merit particular notice . P. 73. 1. 10. for " EVETTage " r . EVEσTage . 74. 1. 13. for " Londino " r . Londini . - 1. 19. for " our " r . your . 166. 1.21 . for " Healthy and soft " r . Stealthy and soft ...
... reader , and are too trivial to merit particular notice . P. 73. 1. 10. for " EVETTage " r . EVEσTage . 74. 1. 13. for " Londino " r . Londini . - 1. 19. for " our " r . your . 166. 1.21 . for " Healthy and soft " r . Stealthy and soft ...
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