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10 Lord , my God , if I have thought Or done this ; if wickedness Be in my hands ;
if I have wrought Ill to him that meant me peace ; Or to him have rendered less ,
And not freed my foe for naught : Let the enemy pursue my soul , And overtake it
...
10 Lord , my God , if I have thought Or done this ; if wickedness Be in my hands ;
if I have wrought Ill to him that meant me peace ; Or to him have rendered less ,
And not freed my foe for naught : Let the enemy pursue my soul , And overtake it
...
Page 110
Observe the lines“ I too , transported by the mode , offend , And , while I meant to
praise thee , must commend . " They may be explained thus : - “ In this kind of
verse , which I am now writing , and which is Dryden's favourite kind , you see
how ...
Observe the lines“ I too , transported by the mode , offend , And , while I meant to
praise thee , must commend . " They may be explained thus : - “ In this kind of
verse , which I am now writing , and which is Dryden's favourite kind , you see
how ...
Page 115
Compared by Hume with Iliad , ii . 484-6 . 32 . “ For one restraint , lords of the
world besides . ” Mr. Keightley understands For to mean But for , and points as if
the passage meant “ being lords of the world besides , but for one restraint .
Compared by Hume with Iliad , ii . 484-6 . 32 . “ For one restraint , lords of the
world besides . ” Mr. Keightley understands For to mean But for , and points as if
the passage meant “ being lords of the world besides , but for one restraint .
Page 128
Though the French phrase être mis à merci and the Latin phrase poni in
misericordiâ meant the same thing in old law - language , it is not to be assumed
that the French word merci and the English mercy are derived from the Latin
misericordia ...
Though the French phrase être mis à merci and the Latin phrase poni in
misericordiâ meant the same thing in old law - language , it is not to be assumed
that the French word merci and the English mercy are derived from the Latin
misericordia ...
Page 138
... who walks up and down in a little path . 414. “ We now no less ” : so spelt in the
original edition ; but there is a direction among the Errata to change “ we ” into “
wee , ” showing that Milton meant the word to be pronounced emphatically here .
... who walks up and down in a little path . 414. “ We now no less ” : so spelt in the
original edition ; but there is a direction among the Errata to change “ we ” into “
wee , ” showing that Milton meant the word to be pronounced emphatically here .
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Editors | John Mitford, David Masson |
| Publisher | J. R. Osgood, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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