The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page vii
... object to present to him as complete a view of the subject , of which I have undertaken to treat , as was admitted by my materials or my powers ; and to communicate to my pages all the variety and entertainment , of which they were ...
... object to present to him as complete a view of the subject , of which I have undertaken to treat , as was admitted by my materials or my powers ; and to communicate to my pages all the variety and entertainment , of which they were ...
Page ix
... object of my re- gard by the side of the Mufti or the grand Lama , of the wild demagogues of Athens or the ferocious tribunes of Rome , I would instantly recognise and embrace her . As I find her , b however , or find a strong and ...
... object of my re- gard by the side of the Mufti or the grand Lama , of the wild demagogues of Athens or the ferocious tribunes of Rome , I would instantly recognise and embrace her . As I find her , b however , or find a strong and ...
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... object of so flattering a distinction by a fa- ther , in competent indeed , but by no means in affluent circumstances , could not have been a common child . " Pater me puerulum humaniorum litera- rum studiis destinavit ; quas ita avidè ...
... object of so flattering a distinction by a fa- ther , in competent indeed , but by no means in affluent circumstances , could not have been a common child . " Pater me puerulum humaniorum litera- rum studiis destinavit ; quas ita avidè ...
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... object ; and we know that our author , when he left this school , in his seventeenth year , for the University , was already an accomplished scholar . Ardent in his love of knowledge , he was regardless , as we have observed , of plea ...
... object ; and we know that our author , when he left this school , in his seventeenth year , for the University , was already an accomplished scholar . Ardent in his love of knowledge , he was regardless , as we have observed , of plea ...
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... object of that enmity , which , pursuing him with detraction to his grave , has , in later times , disturbed his ashes , and endeavoured to fix deformity on his memory . Of his conduct , and the treatment which he experienced in his ...
... object of that enmity , which , pursuing him with detraction to his grave , has , in later times , disturbed his ashes , and endeavoured to fix deformity on his memory . Of his conduct , and the treatment which he experienced in his ...
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