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Page xvi
It is however to be hoped , that , in all future biographies , what is neither pertinent nor true will be omitted ; that we shall not again read long disputations on the nature of Milton's punishment at College ; that the foolish and ...
It is however to be hoped , that , in all future biographies , what is neither pertinent nor true will be omitted ; that we shall not again read long disputations on the nature of Milton's punishment at College ; that the foolish and ...
Page xxii
... had he not early wandered away from the instructor of his youth ; and left , for Epic and Pindaric flights , that which even now delights , and must for ever please - his moral song , the voice of nature and of truth ...
... had he not early wandered away from the instructor of his youth ; and left , for Epic and Pindaric flights , that which even now delights , and must for ever please - his moral song , the voice of nature and of truth ...
Page xxiv
Milton's natural genius , cultivated by the care of those excellent scholars , who had conducted his education , and enriched by his own indefatigable study , had doubtless made great advances in those branches of knowledge at once ...
Milton's natural genius , cultivated by the care of those excellent scholars , who had conducted his education , and enriched by his own indefatigable study , had doubtless made great advances in those branches of knowledge at once ...
Page xxxix
... giving to it comprehension and vigour , but is the only solid basis on which an investigation of the laws of nature can be conducted , or those arts improved that tend to the advantage of society , and the happiness of mankind .
... giving to it comprehension and vigour , but is the only solid basis on which an investigation of the laws of nature can be conducted , or those arts improved that tend to the advantage of society , and the happiness of mankind .
Page xl
... according to opportunities offered and abilities conferred : a man whose natural disposition , or the ... who is subduing the wild powers of nature under the dominion of skill , diminishing the extent of human suffering ...
... according to opportunities offered and abilities conferred : a man whose natural disposition , or the ... who is subduing the wild powers of nature under the dominion of skill , diminishing the extent of human suffering ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1 The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, John Mitford |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 5, 2009 |
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