The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page 115
... less to an inward prompting , which grew daily upon me , thrat by labour and intent study , ( which I take to be my portion in this life , ) joined with the strong propensity of nature , I might perhaps leave something so written to ...
... less to an inward prompting , which grew daily upon me , thrat by labour and intent study , ( which I take to be my portion in this life , ) joined with the strong propensity of nature , I might perhaps leave something so written to ...
Page 162
... less court , propagated rapidly and strongly through the country , had nearly driven mo- desty and temperance from Britain . Abstinence in diet was one of Milton's favourite virtues ; which he practised inva- riably through life , and ...
... less court , propagated rapidly and strongly through the country , had nearly driven mo- desty and temperance from Britain . Abstinence in diet was one of Milton's favourite virtues ; which he practised inva- riably through life , and ...
Page 171
... less danger to myself , render assistance to my countrymen , and discover a mind neither shrinking from adverse fortune , nor actuated by any improper fear of calumny or of death . Since from my childhood ' I had been devoted to the ...
... less danger to myself , render assistance to my countrymen , and discover a mind neither shrinking from adverse fortune , nor actuated by any improper fear of calumny or of death . Since from my childhood ' I had been devoted to the ...
Page 190
... less fervency was studied what St. Paul or St. John had written , than was listened to one that could say , " here he taught ; here he stood ; this was his stature , and thus he went habited : and , O happy house that harboured him ...
... less fervency was studied what St. Paul or St. John had written , than was listened to one that could say , " here he taught ; here he stood ; this was his stature , and thus he went habited : and , O happy house that harboured him ...
Page 195
... less intent on giving pain to their adversaries , than on the 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 ...
... less intent on giving pain to their adversaries , than on the 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 ...
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