Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and Ecclesiastical Pieces, with New Translations, and an Introduction, Volume 1J. Miller, 1809 |
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Page xxxiii
... perhaps to seven or eight of the octavo edition , which , though curiosity might wish to have seen , certainly add nothing to the value of the piece . We come next to the works , which are purely political , and on which chiefly depend ...
... perhaps to seven or eight of the octavo edition , which , though curiosity might wish to have seen , certainly add nothing to the value of the piece . We come next to the works , which are purely political , and on which chiefly depend ...
Page xxxv
... perhaps scarcely a third ; because I apprehend it will be very far from being thought in the present day among the most important of Milton's works . As to the historic facts it con- tains , we have them at present , with all the requi ...
... perhaps scarcely a third ; because I apprehend it will be very far from being thought in the present day among the most important of Milton's works . As to the historic facts it con- tains , we have them at present , with all the requi ...
Page xxxvi
... sidence in their respective states , with very liberal offers . All these , however , he had hitherto steadily rejected ; and disregarded , perhaps dis- dained such prospects of ambition from principle , from a xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
... sidence in their respective states , with very liberal offers . All these , however , he had hitherto steadily rejected ; and disregarded , perhaps dis- dained such prospects of ambition from principle , from a xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xlvii
... of the other pieces ; and in personal abuse it perhaps surpasses them - abuse too , which may be thought less excuseable , as , I believe , it was never certainly known that Bramhal was the author , though INTRODUCTION . xlvii.
... of the other pieces ; and in personal abuse it perhaps surpasses them - abuse too , which may be thought less excuseable , as , I believe , it was never certainly known that Bramhal was the author , though INTRODUCTION . xlvii.
Page lxiv
... it is such as is distinctive of a mind of the higher order . Ele- vation of thought must necessarily produce ele- vation of style ; and never was there a man perhaps of a more lofty genius . No trick , xiv INTRODUCTION .
... it is such as is distinctive of a mind of the higher order . Ele- vation of thought must necessarily produce ele- vation of style ; and never was there a man perhaps of a more lofty genius . No trick , xiv INTRODUCTION .
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