The works of John Milton in verse and prose, with a life of the author by J. Mitford, Volume 31851 |
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... King for his Sifter MARY , left CHARLES the Fifth fhould be angry ; who but the grave Prelates Cranmer and Ridley muft be sent to extort it from the young King ? But out of the mouth of that godly and Royall Childe , Chrift himselfe ...
... King for his Sifter MARY , left CHARLES the Fifth fhould be angry ; who but the grave Prelates Cranmer and Ridley muft be sent to extort it from the young King ? But out of the mouth of that godly and Royall Childe , Chrift himselfe ...
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... King washt off the holy Vnction with his blood drawn by the polluted hands of Bishops , Abbots , and Monks . What good upholders of Royalty were the Bishops , when by their rebellious oppofition against King John , Normandy was loft ...
... King washt off the holy Vnction with his blood drawn by the polluted hands of Bishops , Abbots , and Monks . What good upholders of Royalty were the Bishops , when by their rebellious oppofition against King John , Normandy was loft ...
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... King ? a trimme Paradox , and that yee may know where they have beene a begging for it , I will fetch you the Twin ... King . Surely there is not any Prince in Christendome , who hearing this rare Sophistry can choose but smile , and if ...
... King ? a trimme Paradox , and that yee may know where they have beene a begging for it , I will fetch you the Twin ... King . Surely there is not any Prince in Christendome , who hearing this rare Sophistry can choose but smile , and if ...
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... King , as the wife K. Salomon often remembers us , is establisht in Juftice , which is the univerfall Justice that Ariftotle fo much praises , con- taining in it all other vertues , it may affure us that the fall of Prelacy , whofe ...
... King , as the wife K. Salomon often remembers us , is establisht in Juftice , which is the univerfall Justice that Ariftotle fo much praises , con- taining in it all other vertues , it may affure us that the fall of Prelacy , whofe ...
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... King , of a different Faith , fhould afford our neereft Allyes as good pro- tection as we . Sir , I perfwade my ... Kings , come with cap , and knee , defiring the shadow of the English Scepter to defend them from the hot perfecutions ...
... King , of a different Faith , fhould afford our neereft Allyes as good pro- tection as we . Sir , I perfwade my ... Kings , come with cap , and knee , defiring the shadow of the English Scepter to defend them from the hot perfecutions ...
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Page 149 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 68 - Thou therefore that sittest in light and glory unapproachable, Parent of angels and men! next thee I implore, omnipotent King, Redeemer of that lost remnant whose nature thou didst assume, ineffable and everlasting love! and thou, the third subsistence of divine infinitude, illumining Spirit, the joy and solace of created things! one Tripersonal godhead! look upon this thy poor and almost spent and expiring church...
Page 71 - But they contrary that by the impairing and diminution of the true Faith, the distresses and servitude of their Country...
Page 144 - I applied myself to that resolution, which Ariosto followed against the persuasions of Bembo, to fix all the industry and art I could unite to the adorning of my native tongue...
Page 148 - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar...
Page 270 - I deplored; and above them all preferred the two famous renowners of Beatrice and Laura, who never write but honour of them to whom they devote their verse, displaying sublime and pure thoughts, without transgression.
Page 271 - Homer, to have written undecent things of the gods. Only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit without that oath ought to be...
Page 104 - This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare...
Page 493 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 144 - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.