John Milton: His Life and Times, Religious and Political Opinions: With an Appendix, Containing Animadversions Upon Dr. Johnson's Life of Milton, Etc., Etc |
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... Lost . - Extracts from that inimitable Poem . - Anecdote of Milton . - Anecdote of the Duke of York . - Paradise Regained . - Samson Agonistes . - Letter to Peter Heimbach . - His Treatise on True Religion . — Andrew Marvell . - Respect ...
... Lost . - Extracts from that inimitable Poem . - Anecdote of Milton . - Anecdote of the Duke of York . - Paradise Regained . - Samson Agonistes . - Letter to Peter Heimbach . - His Treatise on True Religion . — Andrew Marvell . - Respect ...
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... lost rem- nant , whose nature thou didst assume ; ineffable and ever- lasting Love ! And Thou , the Third subsistence of Divine Infinitude , Illuminating Spirit , the joy and solace of created things , One tri - personal Godhead , -look ...
... lost rem- nant , whose nature thou didst assume ; ineffable and ever- lasting Love ! And Thou , the Third subsistence of Divine Infinitude , Illuminating Spirit , the joy and solace of created things , One tri - personal Godhead , -look ...
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... lost he meant , that " the birds who loved the twilight " should take a hint , that they could not bear that light of truth which led men off from the established church . + The following history , from a note in the 4th vol . of ...
... lost he meant , that " the birds who loved the twilight " should take a hint , that they could not bear that light of truth which led men off from the established church . + The following history , from a note in the 4th vol . of ...
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... lost their predominating influence , so that they could not set up their idol of UNIFORMITY , and , by fines and impri- sonment , force the consciences of the Independents , Bap- tists , Socinians , and various other sects and opinions ...
... lost their predominating influence , so that they could not set up their idol of UNIFORMITY , and , by fines and impri- sonment , force the consciences of the Independents , Bap- tists , Socinians , and various other sects and opinions ...
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... , syllo- gizing etymological opponent ; his readers being lost in astonishment at the display of his extensive reading , and unrivalled judgment , To afford some illustrations of the character of this work LIFE OF MILTON . 119.
... , syllo- gizing etymological opponent ; his readers being lost in astonishment at the display of his extensive reading , and unrivalled judgment , To afford some illustrations of the character of this work LIFE OF MILTON . 119.
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Page 140 - 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: Her face was veiled, yet to my fancied sight, Love, sweetness, goodness, in her person shined So clear, as in no face with more delight. But O as to embrace me she inclined, I waked, she fled, and day brought back my night.
Page 225 - OF MAN'S first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse...
Page 270 - Christian men are discerned from others that be not christened, but it is also a sign of regeneration or new birth, whereby, as by an instrument, they that receive baptism rightly are grafted into the Church ; the promises of the forgiveness of sin, and of our adoption to be the sons of God by the Holy Ghost, are visibly signed and sealed; faith is confirmed, and grace increased by virtue of prayer unto God. The baptism of young children is in any wise to be retained in the Church, as most agreeable...
Page 227 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of...
Page 130 - 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. What supports me, dost thou ask ? The conscience, Friend, to have lost them overplied In liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which...
Page 80 - And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
Page 223 - I modestly but freely told him ; and after some further discourse about it, I pleasantly said to him, " Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?
Page 271 - God's Word, or of the Sacraments, the which thing the Injunctions also lately set forth by Elizabeth our Queen do most plainly testify; but that only prerogative, which we see to have been given always to all godly Princes in holy Scriptures by God himself; that is, that they should rule all estates and degrees committed to their charge by God, whether they be Ecclesiastical or Temporal, and restrain with the civil sword the stubborn and evil-doers.
Page 228 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 227 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...