The Life of John Milton: In Three Parts. To which are Added, Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost: with an Appendix. By William Hayley ...W. Porter, 1797 - 342 pages |
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... state very happily corrected . Your learned and good - natured brother , my dear friend , was not the only man of learning and good - nature , who indulged a prejudice , that to us appears very extravagant , to give it the gentleft ...
... state very happily corrected . Your learned and good - natured brother , my dear friend , was not the only man of learning and good - nature , who indulged a prejudice , that to us appears very extravagant , to give it the gentleft ...
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... states the motives which prompted him to execute each particular work that raised him to notice in his new field of controversy ; but before we attend to the order in which he treated various public questions that he confidered of high ...
... states the motives which prompted him to execute each particular work that raised him to notice in his new field of controversy ; but before we attend to the order in which he treated various public questions that he confidered of high ...
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... triumphs of juft and pious nations doing va- " liantly through faith against the enemies of " Chrift ; to deplore the general relapfes of king- " doms F " doms and states from juftice and God's true wor- THE LIFE OF MILTON , 73.
... triumphs of juft and pious nations doing va- " liantly through faith against the enemies of " Chrift ; to deplore the general relapfes of king- " doms F " doms and states from juftice and God's true wor- THE LIFE OF MILTON , 73.
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... states from juftice and God's true wor- 66 fhip . Laftly , whatsoever in religion is holy and fublime , in virtue amiable or grave , whatsoever " hath paffion or admiration in all the changes of " that , which is called fortune from ...
... states from juftice and God's true wor- 66 fhip . Laftly , whatsoever in religion is holy and fublime , in virtue amiable or grave , whatsoever " hath paffion or admiration in all the changes of " that , which is called fortune from ...
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... state , and in those times which 66 66 are on record for the pureft and fincerest that " ever fhone yet on the Reformation of this land , " the time of Edward the Sixth . That worthy prince , having utterly abolished the canon law " out ...
... state , and in those times which 66 66 are on record for the pureft and fincerest that " ever fhone yet on the Reformation of this land , " the time of Edward the Sixth . That worthy prince , having utterly abolished the canon law " out ...
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