The Poetical Works of John MiltonJ. R. Osgood, 1874 |
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... meaning originally " hurtful , " " destructive , " pernicious seems to have come to mean also " extreme , " ' excessive , " in our old writers . Thus Henry VIII . , II . i . : — 66 " All the Commons Hate him perniciously . " 284 . " Was ...
... meaning originally " hurtful , " " destructive , " pernicious seems to have come to mean also " extreme , " ' excessive , " in our old writers . Thus Henry VIII . , II . i . : — 66 " All the Commons Hate him perniciously . " 284 . " Was ...
Page 123
... ( meaning " king " in Hebrew ) , worshipped by various Semitic nations , but here represented as more particularly the god of the Ammonites , see Levit . xviii . 21 ; 1 Kings xi . 7 ; 2 Sam . xii . 26-29 see also Judges xi . 12—18 . The ...
... ( meaning " king " in Hebrew ) , worshipped by various Semitic nations , but here represented as more particularly the god of the Ammonites , see Levit . xviii . 21 ; 1 Kings xi . 7 ; 2 Sam . xii . 26-29 see also Judges xi . 12—18 . The ...
Page 127
... meaning " to punish by a fine at the discretion of the Court , " and derived from the French phrase à merci . For certain offences the penalty was être mis à merci ( the Latin equivalent being poni in miseri- cordia ) ; and a person so ...
... meaning " to punish by a fine at the discretion of the Court , " and derived from the French phrase à merci . For certain offences the penalty was être mis à merci ( the Latin equivalent being poni in miseri- cordia ) ; and a person so ...
Page 128
... meaning " tender - heartedness , " was degraded to mean " right to impose fines , " as in a charter of Edward I. , quoted by Wedgwood ( Dict . , Amercement ) , where the abbot and monks of a certain Abbey are , by way of privilege ...
... meaning " tender - heartedness , " was degraded to mean " right to impose fines , " as in a charter of Edward I. , quoted by Wedgwood ( Dict . , Amercement ) , where the abbot and monks of a certain Abbey are , by way of privilege ...
Page 135
... meaning . 227. " ignoble ease . " Virgil's ignobilis oti , Georg . iv . 564 ( Newton ) . 233. " Chaos judge the strife . " It has been doubted whether the strife in which Chaos is here to act as judge is that just imagined between Fate ...
... meaning . 227. " ignoble ease . " Virgil's ignobilis oti , Georg . iv . 564 ( Newton ) . 233. " Chaos judge the strife . " It has been doubted whether the strife in which Chaos is here to act as judge is that just imagined between Fate ...
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