The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... discovered his sentiments on the subject of religion , was the only circumstance , which deprived him of a still more free and intimate communi- cation with this elegant Mæcenas of modern Italy . This was intimated to Milton , on his ...
... discovered his sentiments on the subject of religion , was the only circumstance , which deprived him of a still more free and intimate communi- cation with this elegant Mæcenas of modern Italy . This was intimated to Milton , on his ...
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... discovery : and the accomplishment of them lies not but in a power above man's to promise : but that none hath by more studious ways endea- voured ; and with more unwearied spirit that none shall - that I dare almost aver of my- self ...
... discovery : and the accomplishment of them lies not but in a power above man's to promise : but that none hath by more studious ways endea- voured ; and with more unwearied spirit that none shall - that I dare almost aver of my- self ...
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... discovery or the establishment of truth . The temper of polemics and of literary disputants is , in all ages , the same ; but controversy had not yet learned to conceal the malignity of her bosom under the disguise of a polished brow ...
... discovery or the establishment of truth . The temper of polemics and of literary disputants is , in all ages , the same ; but controversy had not yet learned to conceal the malignity of her bosom under the disguise of a polished brow ...
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... discovered that these pretended zealots of liberty sought only their own aggrandizement , and the power of imposing upon others that yoke which they had themselves been unable to bear . On a question less incontrovertibly right , and ...
... discovered that these pretended zealots of liberty sought only their own aggrandizement , and the power of imposing upon others that yoke which they had themselves been unable to bear . On a question less incontrovertibly right , and ...
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... discovered , by their readiness to vio- late the rights of others , that their tenderness was only for their own . The press was too great a power not to be seized by these im- postors of liberty ; and , abusing their ascend- ancy in ...
... discovered , by their readiness to vio- late the rights of others , that their tenderness was only for their own . The press was too great a power not to be seized by these im- postors of liberty ; and , abusing their ascend- ancy in ...
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Page 70 - Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide; Towers and battlements it sees Bosomed high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes.
Page 159 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he, who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 240 - 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 341 - Death by force, though pale and faint. Mine, as whom washed from spot of child-bed taint Purification in the Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in Heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
Page 210 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble...
Page 336 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 38 - No war, or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high uphung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstain'd with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the armed throng ; And kings sat still with awful eye, As if they surely knew their sovran Lord was by.
Page 143 - I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Page 109 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame 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...
Page 428 - The punishment of dissolute days : in fine, Just or unjust, alike seem miserable, For oft alike both come to evil end.