The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 119
... England , acquainting him with the distracted state of his country , and with the near pros- pect , which affrighted it , of a civil war . His own account on this occasion is concise and impressive . " In Siciliam quoque et Græ- ciam ...
... England , acquainting him with the distracted state of his country , and with the near pros- pect , which affrighted it , of a civil war . His own account on this occasion is concise and impressive . " In Siciliam quoque et Græ- ciam ...
Page 120
... England of the civil war recalled me : for I esteemed it dishonourable for me to be lin- gering abroad , even for the improvement of my mind , when my fellow citizens were con- tending for their liberty at home . " h and he sc even w ...
... England of the civil war recalled me : for I esteemed it dishonourable for me to be lin- gering abroad , even for the improvement of my mind , when my fellow citizens were con- tending for their liberty at home . " h and he sc even w ...
Page 123
... England , after an absence of a year and three months , about the time of the King's return from his second expedition against Scotland , when his forces had been obliged by Leslie to retreat . The crisis was striking , and the mind of ...
... England , after an absence of a year and three months , about the time of the King's return from his second expedition against Scotland , when his forces had been obliged by Leslie to retreat . The crisis was striking , and the mind of ...
Page 128
... England , though of an Italian family , ori- ginally from Lucca , but in its last generation established at Geneva . His father , Theo- dore , came early in life to England , and , marrying a lady of good family and fortune , settled ...
... England , though of an Italian family , ori- ginally from Lucca , but in its last generation established at Geneva . His father , Theo- dore , came early in life to England , and , marrying a lady of good family and fortune , settled ...
Page 148
... by their eloquent writers , England hath had her noble achieve ments made small by the unskilful handling of monks and me- chanics . " P.W. vol . i . 119 . cea There , on another side , the heavens unfold And 148 LIFE OF MILTON .
... by their eloquent writers , England hath had her noble achieve ments made small by the unskilful handling of monks and me- chanics . " P.W. vol . i . 119 . cea There , on another side , the heavens unfold And 148 LIFE OF MILTON .
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