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Page ix
... pleasure abroad , while his countrymen were contending for liberty at home . He resolved there- His first business after his return was to pay fore to return by the way of Rome , though he was his duty to his father , and to visit his ...
... pleasure abroad , while his countrymen were contending for liberty at home . He resolved there- His first business after his return was to pay fore to return by the way of Rome , though he was his duty to his father , and to visit his ...
Page xi
... Pleasure , and in ano- the contrary party , the King's head - quarters being ther entitled an Answer to the Doctrine and Dis- in their neighbourhood at Oxford , and his Majesty cipline of Divorce , which was licensed and recom- having ...
... Pleasure , and in ano- the contrary party , the King's head - quarters being ther entitled an Answer to the Doctrine and Dis- in their neighbourhood at Oxford , and his Majesty cipline of Divorce , which was licensed and recom- having ...
Page xiv
... pleasure of reading the English trans- Burman in the third tome of his Sylloge Epistola- lation by Mr. Washington , of the Temple , which rum , he says , that he had the only copy of Milton's was printed in 1692 , and is inserted among ...
... pleasure of reading the English trans- Burman in the third tome of his Sylloge Epistola- lation by Mr. Washington , of the Temple , which rum , he says , that he had the only copy of Milton's was printed in 1692 , and is inserted among ...
Page 13
... pleasure and pain . Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild , beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind , and dire hail , which on firm land Thaws not , but gathers heap , and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep ...
... pleasure and pain . Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild , beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind , and dire hail , which on firm land Thaws not , but gathers heap , and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep ...
Page 19
... pleasure I from such obedience paid , When will and reason ( reason also is choice ) Useless and vain , of freedom both despoiled , Made passive both , had served necessity , Not me ? They , therefore , as to right belonged So were ...
... pleasure I from such obedience paid , When will and reason ( reason also is choice ) Useless and vain , of freedom both despoiled , Made passive both , had served necessity , Not me ? They , therefore , as to right belonged So were ...
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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.