The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1Hilliard, Gray, 1838 |
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... field of controversy , and opposed Milton on every question connected with the interests of society , the existence of the monarchy , and the preservation of the church . Johnson would have acknowledged no government that was not ...
... field of controversy , and opposed Milton on every question connected with the interests of society , the existence of the monarchy , and the preservation of the church . Johnson would have acknowledged no government that was not ...
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... fields of air .. You shall likewise have some information respecting my studies . I went through the perusal of the Greek authors to the time when they ceased to be Greeks . I was long employed in unravelling the obscure history of the ...
... fields of air .. You shall likewise have some information respecting my studies . I went through the perusal of the Greek authors to the time when they ceased to be Greeks . I was long employed in unravelling the obscure history of the ...
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... field of controversy ; for he owns that he was not disposed to this manner of writing , wherein knowing myself inferior to myself , led by the genial power of nature to another task , I have the use , as I may account it , but of my ...
... field of controversy ; for he owns that he was not disposed to this manner of writing , wherein knowing myself inferior to myself , led by the genial power of nature to another task , I have the use , as I may account it , but of my ...
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... Fields , and continued the instruction of a few scholars , chiefly the sons of gentlemen his friends . That there ever was a design of making him an adjutant general in the army of Sir William Waller may be doubted ; for Philips has ...
... Fields , and continued the instruction of a few scholars , chiefly the sons of gentlemen his friends . That there ever was a design of making him an adjutant general in the army of Sir William Waller may be doubted ; for Philips has ...
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... field for Milton to divert himself with his barbarous phrases and solecisms . ' p . 96. The fact is , Salmasius , with all his vast erudition , from a hasty impetuosity of mind , committed occasionally great mistakes . I have a work of ...
... field for Milton to divert himself with his barbarous phrases and solecisms . ' p . 96. The fact is , Salmasius , with all his vast erudition , from a hasty impetuosity of mind , committed occasionally great mistakes . I have a work of ...
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Page 81 - Seasons return ; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 137 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild: then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 14 - Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Page 272 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Page 160 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 12 - Is this the region, this the soil, the clime," Said then the lost Archangel, " this the seat That we must change for Heaven?
Page 19 - Not tied or manacled with joint or limb, Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones, Like cumbrous flesh ; but, in what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure, Can execute their aery purposes, 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil.
Page 81 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song ; but chief Thee, Sion, and the flowery brooks beneath...
Page 160 - While day arises, that sweet hour of prime. Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul, . Acknowledge him thy greater, sound his praise In thy eternal course, both when thou climb'st, And when high noon hast gain'd, and when thou fall'st.
Page 27 - Arch-Angel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd." and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge: cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss) condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain...
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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 Milton |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Feb 7, 2008 |
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