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Page xvii
... arms against Cardinal Mazarine : but the go- pieces were communicated in manuscript to Mr. vernment suspecting him , set their instruments to Toland by a friend who a little after Milton's work so successfully , that in a few days they ...
... arms against Cardinal Mazarine : but the go- pieces were communicated in manuscript to Mr. vernment suspecting him , set their instruments to Toland by a friend who a little after Milton's work so successfully , that in a few days they ...
Page xviii
... arms was had been visited by all foreigners of note , who read in the House , and Milton is not among them ; could not go out of the country without seeing a and on the 13th of September the House adjourn- man who did so much honour to ...
... arms was had been visited by all foreigners of note , who read in the House , and Milton is not among them ; could not go out of the country without seeing a and on the 13th of September the House adjourn- man who did so much honour to ...
Page xxvi
... arms , he appears to have been a Calvinist ; but after- he was not inactive , and thought , I suppose , that wards he entertained a more favourable opinion he could be of more service to the cause by his pen of Arminius . Some have ...
... arms , he appears to have been a Calvinist ; but after- he was not inactive , and thought , I suppose , that wards he entertained a more favourable opinion he could be of more service to the cause by his pen of Arminius . Some have ...
Page xxxi
... arms ! Whate'er his pen describes I more than see , Whilst every verse array'd in majesty , Bold and sublime , my whole attention draws , And seems above the critic's nicer laws . How are you struck with terror and delight , When angel ...
... arms ! Whate'er his pen describes I more than see , Whilst every verse array'd in majesty , Bold and sublime , my whole attention draws , And seems above the critic's nicer laws . How are you struck with terror and delight , When angel ...
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... arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquished , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded , though immortal : but his doom Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid ...
... arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquished , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded , though immortal : but his doom Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid ...
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Page 10 - Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottomed, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt ! — So both ascend In the visions of God — B.