 | 1881 - 892 pages
...the sole object of his life? In his " Defensio Secunda," he says : — 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... | |
 | Richard Acland Armstrong - 1881 - 902 pages
...the sole object of his life? In his " Defensio Secunda," he says : — 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1882 - 1192 pages
...which induced him to abandon his intention of prosecuting his travels : "When I was preparing to pau 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... | |
 | Anna Buckland - 1882 - 548 pages
...thoughts and noblest feeling put at all times into action. So now "the melancholy intelligence," he says, "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... | |
 | John Milton - 1889 - 464 pages
...but, Milton wrote, in his " Second Defence of the People of England," " 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 - 1889 - 468 pages
...but, Milton wrote, in his " Second Defence of the People of England," " When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which I received of the civil commotions in Englind made me alter my purpose, for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad while... | |
 | John Milton - 1892 - 414 pages
...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...which I received of the civil commotions in England ma1ie me alter my purpose ; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 226 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 traveling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens were... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 232 pages
...doing, because 1 hail 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 traveling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens were... | |
 | William Hall Griffin - 1897 - 408 pages
...Leonora Baroni. But the disturbances at home abridged his wanderings. ' 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... 
