The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... reason to believe , at the solicitation of the author's old college , to commemorate the death of Mr. Edward King , one of its fellows , and a son of sir John King , Knt . secretary for Ireland in the reigns of Elizabeth , James and ...
... reason to believe , at the solicitation of the author's old college , to commemorate the death of Mr. Edward King , one of its fellows , and a son of sir John King , Knt . secretary for Ireland in the reigns of Elizabeth , James and ...
Page 70
... by cer- tain vital symptoms it had , was likely to live . " In a letter , which from its date was V Reasons of C. Govern . B. 2d . P.W. vol . i . 118 . written about two months before his Lycidas , he lays 70 LIFE OF MILTON .
... by cer- tain vital symptoms it had , was likely to live . " In a letter , which from its date was V Reasons of C. Govern . B. 2d . P.W. vol . i . 118 . written about two months before his Lycidas , he lays 70 LIFE OF MILTON .
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... reason , however , why you so often repeat the salutation . For in addition to your old wishes , which are all that others are still able to offer , you would have me now consider our whole art and energy of medicine as engaged : since ...
... reason , however , why you so often repeat the salutation . For in addition to your old wishes , which are all that others are still able to offer , you would have me now consider our whole art and energy of medicine as engaged : since ...
Page 77
... reason , however , to suppose that they were written in the inter- val between the composition of Comus , and that of Lycidas . The opening lines of the latter poem seem to refer to some work of a more recent date than the Mask , since ...
... reason , however , to suppose that they were written in the inter- val between the composition of Comus , and that of Lycidas . The opening lines of the latter poem seem to refer to some work of a more recent date than the Mask , since ...
Page 91
... tioned , the English bard could number on the list of the friends , conciliated by his learn- The Reason of Church Gov. P.W. v . i . 119 . • Ibid . ing , talents and manners , the respectable literary names LIFE OF MILTON . 91.
... tioned , the English bard could number on the list of the friends , conciliated by his learn- The Reason of Church Gov. P.W. v . i . 119 . • Ibid . ing , talents and manners , the respectable literary names LIFE OF MILTON . 91.
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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.