The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,J. Johnson; R. Baldwin; Otridge and Son; Nichols and Son; F.C. and J. Rivington; ... [and 19 others], 1809 |
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... supposed , by bishop Hall or his fon . He thought all this while , fays Dr. Newton , that he was vindicating ecclefiaftical liberty . Yet he has confeffed , that he was not difpofed to " this manner of writing , wherein knowing myself ...
... supposed , by bishop Hall or his fon . He thought all this while , fays Dr. Newton , that he was vindicating ecclefiaftical liberty . Yet he has confeffed , that he was not difpofed to " this manner of writing , wherein knowing myself ...
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... supposed to have written the Protector's De- claration of the reasons for a war with Spain , in 1655 . The peculiar elegance of the style befpeaks the author . He had before addreffed , in the name of Cromwell , the celebrated Latin ...
... supposed to have written the Protector's De- claration of the reasons for a war with Spain , in 1655 . The peculiar elegance of the style befpeaks the author . He had before addreffed , in the name of Cromwell , the celebrated Latin ...
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... supposed to have been the laft poffeffour of thefe claffical accu- mulations . In the mean time Milton amufed himself with the publication of finaller productions ; of a manufcript by Ralegh , entitled The Cabinet Council , in 1658 ...
... supposed to have been the laft poffeffour of thefe claffical accu- mulations . In the mean time Milton amufed himself with the publication of finaller productions ; of a manufcript by Ralegh , entitled The Cabinet Council , in 1658 ...
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... supposed to have had powerful friends both in Council and Parliament ; as Secretary Morice , Sir Thomas Clarges , and Andrew Marvell . But the principal inftrument in obtaining Milton's pardon is faid to have been Sir William Davenant ...
... supposed to have had powerful friends both in Council and Parliament ; as Secretary Morice , Sir Thomas Clarges , and Andrew Marvell . But the principal inftrument in obtaining Milton's pardon is faid to have been Sir William Davenant ...
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... supposed to be his , was exposed to publick view . A Narrative of the difinterment of the coffin , and of the treatment of the corpfe , was published by Philip Neve , Efq . The Narrative was immediately and ably answered in the St ...
... supposed to be his , was exposed to publick view . A Narrative of the difinterment of the coffin , and of the treatment of the corpfe , was published by Philip Neve , Efq . The Narrative was immediately and ably answered in the St ...
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Page 157 - To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Page 64 - The tenure of Kings and Magistrates; proving that it is lawful, and hath been held so through all ages, for any, who have the power, to call to account a Tyrant or wicked King, and after due conviction, to depose and put him to death ; if the ordinary magistrate have neglected or denied to do it.
Page 129 - Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational, though under hope Of heavenly grace ; and, God proclaiming peace, Yet live in hatred, enmity, and strife, Among themselves, and levy cruel wars, Wasting the earth, each other to destroy : As if (which might induce us to accord) Man had not hellish foes enow besides, That day and night for his destruction wait.
Page 48 - ... teaching over the whole book of sanctity and virtue, through all the instances of example, with such delight to those especially of soft and delicious temper, who will not so much as look upon truth...
Page 48 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 47 - And as Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the Infidels, or Belisarius...
Page 189 - Poem | Written in | Ten Books | By John Milton. | Licenfed and Entred according | to Order. | London | Printed, and are to be fold by Peter Parker | under Creed Church neer Aldgate; And by | Robert Boulter at the Turks Head in Bifhopfgate-ftreet; | And Matthias Walker, under St. Dunftons Church | in Fleet-ftreet, 1667.
Page 42 - And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreprove'd pleasures free...
Page 147 - Dr. Wright, found John Milton in a small chamber, hung with rusty green, sitting in an elbow chair, and dressed neatly in black; pale, but not cadaverous ; his hands and fingers gouty, and with chalk-stones.
Page 190 - Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books. The Author John Milton. London, Printed by S. Simmons, and to be sold by S. Thomson at the Bishops-Head in Duck-lane, H. Mortlack at the White Hart in Westminster Hall, M. Walker under St. Dunstons Church in Fleet-street, and R. Boulter at the Turks-Head in Bishopsgate-street, 1668.