The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... immediately apparent to my readers ; for I have made too explicit an avowal of my political creed , with refer- ence to the civil and the ecclesiastical system , of which I am fortunately a member , to be under any apprehensions of ...
... immediately apparent to my readers ; for I have made too explicit an avowal of my political creed , with refer- ence to the civil and the ecclesiastical system , of which I am fortunately a member , to be under any apprehensions of ...
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... immediately to our pre- sent purpose ; for this generation has witness- ed an attempt on the character of our great writer , which would have done credit to the virulence of his own age . We have seen a 2 LIFE OF MILTON .
... immediately to our pre- sent purpose ; for this generation has witness- ed an attempt on the character of our great writer , which would have done credit to the virulence of his own age . We have seen a 2 LIFE OF MILTON .
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... immediately from the bosom of the earth , or a reservoir , ( if the allusion may be permitted , ) formed and supported by a long continued stream . Of the family of Milton nothing more is known than that it was respectable and antient ...
... immediately from the bosom of the earth , or a reservoir , ( if the allusion may be permitted , ) formed and supported by a long continued stream . Of the family of Milton nothing more is known than that it was respectable and antient ...
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... Immediately conversant with the great masters of composition , he adopts their taste with their language ; and , with the privilege , as with the ease of a native , assumes his station in their ranks . For fluency and sweetness of ...
... Immediately conversant with the great masters of composition , he adopts their taste with their language ; and , with the privilege , as with the ease of a native , assumes his station in their ranks . For fluency and sweetness of ...
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... immediately and solely to the imagination ; that it was the appropriate organ of fancy , and , while it presented pleasing and striking images to the mind , that it affected no controll over the passions , nor any rigid observance of ...
... immediately and solely to the imagination ; that it was the appropriate organ of fancy , and , while it presented pleasing and striking images to the mind , that it affected no controll over the passions , nor any rigid observance of ...
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