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... opinion , and confirmed him in the hope , that , by labour and intense study , which , ' says he , I take to be my portion in this life , joined with a strong propensity of nature , ' he might ' leave something so written to after ...
... opinion , and confirmed him in the hope , that , by labour and intense study , which , ' says he , I take to be my portion in this life , joined with a strong propensity of nature , ' he might ' leave something so written to after ...
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... opinion of English elegance and lite- rature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the king and parliament , he thought it proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life in ...
... opinion of English elegance and lite- rature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the king and parliament , he thought it proper to hasten home , rather than pass his life in ...
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... by events the reasonableness of opinions . Prudence and justice are virtues and ex- cellences of all times and of all places ; we are per- petually moralists , but we are geometricians only by chance 16 THE LIFE OF MILTON .
... by events the reasonableness of opinions . Prudence and justice are virtues and ex- cellences of all times and of all places ; we are per- petually moralists , but we are geometricians only by chance 16 THE LIFE OF MILTON .
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... opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil . Οτι τοι εν μεγαροισι κακοντ ' αγαθονθε τετυκίαι . Of institutions we may judge by their effects . From this wonder - working academy , I do not know that there ...
... opinion , that what we had to learn was , how to do good , and avoid evil . Οτι τοι εν μεγαροισι κακοντ ' αγαθονθε τετυκίαι . Of institutions we may judge by their effects . From this wonder - working academy , I do not know that there ...
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... , not with ostentatious exultation , but with calm confidence , 8 Stephen Marshall , Edmund Calamy , Thomas Young , Matthew Newcomen , William Spurstow . his high opinion of his own powers ; and promises 18 THE LIFE OF MILTON .
... , not with ostentatious exultation , but with calm confidence , 8 Stephen Marshall , Edmund Calamy , Thomas Young , Matthew Newcomen , William Spurstow . his high opinion of his own powers ; and promises 18 THE LIFE OF MILTON .
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