 | William Henry Hudson - 1913 - 348 pages
...state of things at home. " While I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece," he writes, " the melancholy intelligence which I received of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose ; for I thought it base to be travelling for my amusement abroad while my fellowcitizens were... | |
 | Lane Cooper - 1915 - 264 pages
...to the diffusion of knowledge and the preservation of friendship. . . . When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence...of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose. ... By the favor of God, I got safe back to Florence, where I was received with as much affection... | |
 | John Milton - 1916 - 338 pages
...shortened his tour, he tells us, on account of the troubles at home : 'When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence...of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens were... | |
 | Charles E. Tomlinson - 1925 - 102 pages
...demonstrated when he was in Italy. He intended going on to Sicily and Greece, but, as he wrote : " The melancholy intelligence which I received of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose ; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad while my fellowcitizens were... | |
 | James Holly Hanford - 1926 - 334 pages
...doing, because I had spoken with so little reserve on matters of religion. When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence...of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens were... | |
 | John Milton - 1927 - 208 pages
...doing, because I had spoken with so little reserve on matters of religion. When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence...of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellowcitizens were... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...Greece,"— to quote again from Milton's account in the Second Defence— "the melancholy intelligence I received of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens were... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - 1996 - 572 pages
...doing, because I had spoken with so little reserve on matters of religion. When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence...of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens were... | |
 | Manfred Pfister - 1996 - 578 pages
...I had spoken with so little reserve on matters of religion. When I was preparing to pass over ii.to Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which...of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens were... | |
 | John Milton - 1923 - 338 pages
...doing, because I had spoken with so little reserve on matters of religion. When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence...of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens were... | |
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When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which I received of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad while my fellow-citizens were... 
