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The works of John Milton in verse and prose, with a life of the author by J ... - Page 271
by John Milton - 1851
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The Life of John Milton: Containing, Besides the History of His Works ...

John Toland - Christian literature, Early - 1761 - 278 pages
...that which is attributed to HOMKR, to have " written undecent things of the Gods. Only " this my mind gave me, that every free and " gentle fpirit without that oath ought to be " born a knight, nor needed to expect the gilt " fpiir, or the laying of a fword upon his fhoul** der,...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...; and if I found in the ftory afterward, any of them, by word or deed, breaking that oath, I judged it the fame fault of the poet, as that which is attributed to Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods : only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle fpirit, without...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 440 pages
...any of them, by word or deed, breaking that oath, I judged An Apology for Smettymmtus. 225 I judged it the fame fault of the poet, as that which is attributed to Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods: only this my mind gave me, that every tree and gentle fpirit, without...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...found in the story afterward, any of them by word or deed breaking that oath, I judged it the same fault of the poet, as that which is attributed to Homer — to have written indecent things of the gods; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without...
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Sermons to Young Women, Volumes 1-2

James Fordyce - Sermons, English - 1809 - 332 pages
...found in the story afterwards any of them by " word or deed breaking that oath, I judged it the " same fault of the poet as that which is attributed " to...written undecent things of " the Gods. Only this my mind gave me, that " every free and gentle spirit, « ithout that oath, " ought to be born a knight,...
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Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...found in the story afterward, any of them, by word or deed, breaking that oath, I judged it the same fault of the poet, as that which is attributed to Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods : only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - English prose literature - 1825 - 668 pages
...found in the story afterward, any of them by word or deed breaking that oath, I judged it the same fault of the poet as that which is attributed to Homer,...written undecent things of the Gods : only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit without that oath, ought to be born a knight, nor needed...
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A Selection from the English Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 1

John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...found in the story afterward, any of them by word or deed breaking that oath, I judged it the same fault of the poet as that which is attributed to Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods ; only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 5

1839 - 876 pages
...found in the story afterward, any of them, by word or deed, breaking that oath, I judged it the same fault of the poet, as that which is attributed to Homer, to hare written indecent things of the gods : only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit,...
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The Prose Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...found in the story afterward, any of them, by word or deed, breaking that oath, I judged it the same fault of the poet, as that which is attributed to Homer, to have written indecent things of the gods : only this my mind gave me, that every free and gentle spirit, without...
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