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Page viii
... leave of his came to Paris , he waited upon his Lordship , and friends at Florence , and went from thence to Sien- was received with wonderful civility ; and having na , and from Sienna to Rome , where he stayed an earnest desire to ...
... leave of his came to Paris , he waited upon his Lordship , and friends at Florence , and went from thence to Sien- was received with wonderful civility ; and having na , and from Sienna to Rome , where he stayed an earnest desire to ...
Page xiv
... leave of the book appear in England , but the Council of State court ; and he who came in honour , was dismissed ... leaving a posthumous that time was such , that he could hardly endure reply to Milton , which was not published till ...
... leave of the book appear in England , but the Council of State court ; and he who came in honour , was dismissed ... leaving a posthumous that time was such , that he could hardly endure reply to Milton , which was not published till ...
Page xvii
... - charged from his office of Latin Secretary , and was cused to him , because Mr. Milton , on account of forced to leave his house in Petty France , where he had lived eight years with great reputation , and 2 LIFE OF JOHN MILTON xvii .
... - charged from his office of Latin Secretary , and was cused to him , because Mr. Milton , on account of forced to leave his house in Petty France , where he had lived eight years with great reputation , and 2 LIFE OF JOHN MILTON xvii .
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... leave i ' th ' midst a horrid vale . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with ...
... leave i ' th ' midst a horrid vale . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with ...
Page 10
... leave obtained Unacceptable , though in Heaven , our state Of splendid vassalage , but rather seek Our own good from ourselves , and from our own Live to ourselves , though in this vast recess , Free , and to none accountable ...
... leave obtained Unacceptable , though in Heaven , our state Of splendid vassalage , but rather seek Our own good from ourselves , and from our own Live to ourselves , though in this vast recess , Free , and to none accountable ...
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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.