The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 106
... discovered his sentiments on the subject of religion , was the only circumstance , which deprived him of a still more free and intimate communi- cation with this elegant Mæcenas of modern Italy . This was intimated to Milton , on his ...
... discovered his sentiments on the subject of religion , was the only circumstance , which deprived him of a still more free and intimate communi- cation with this elegant Mæcenas of modern Italy . This was intimated to Milton , on his ...
Page 117
... discovery : and the accomplishment of them lies not but in a power above man's to promise : but that none hath by more studious ways endea- voured ; and with more unwearied spirit that none shall that I dare almost aver of my- self , as ...
... discovery : and the accomplishment of them lies not but in a power above man's to promise : but that none hath by more studious ways endea- voured ; and with more unwearied spirit that none shall that I dare almost aver of my- self , as ...
Page 195
... discovery or the establishment of truth . The temper of polemics and of literary disputants is , in all ages , the same ; but controversy had not yet learned to conceal the malignity of her bosom under the disguise of a polished brow ...
... discovery or the establishment of truth . The temper of polemics and of literary disputants is , in all ages , the same ; but controversy had not yet learned to conceal the malignity of her bosom under the disguise of a polished brow ...
Page 200
... discovered that these pretended zealots of liberty sought only their own aggrandizement , and the power of imposing upon others that yoke which they had themselves been unable to bear . On a question less incontrovertibly right , and ...
... discovered that these pretended zealots of liberty sought only their own aggrandizement , and the power of imposing upon others that yoke which they had themselves been unable to bear . On a question less incontrovertibly right , and ...
Page 212
... discovered , by their readiness to vio- late the rights of others , that their tenderness was only for their own . The press was too great a power not to be seized by these im- postors of liberty ; and , abusing their ascend- ancy in ...
... discovered , by their readiness to vio- late the rights of others , that their tenderness was only for their own . The press was too great a power not to be seized by these im- postors of liberty ; and , abusing their ascend- ancy in ...
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