The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Volume 4C. and J. Rivington; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; J. and W.T. Clarke; Longman and Company ... [and 17 others], 1826 |
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... never honoured this Poem with a perusal ; or only with a casual and most unfair one , under a cloud of pre- judices against it . - A critick , whose taste , judgement , and can- dour are unquestioned , has given it absolutely no place ...
... never honoured this Poem with a perusal ; or only with a casual and most unfair one , under a cloud of pre- judices against it . - A critick , whose taste , judgement , and can- dour are unquestioned , has given it absolutely no place ...
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... never leave subtilizing and casuisting , till we have straitned and pared that liberal path into a razor's edge to walk on , between a precipice of unnecessary mischief on either side . " Prose - W . vol . i . p . 321. ed . 1698. See ...
... never leave subtilizing and casuisting , till we have straitned and pared that liberal path into a razor's edge to walk on , between a precipice of unnecessary mischief on either side . " Prose - W . vol . i . p . 321. ed . 1698. See ...
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... never heard of stubs being used for food , nor indeed is it reconcileable to common sense . Some have thought that the arpides , which the Scripture says were the meat of the Baptist , were the tops of plants or shrubs . · THYER . Yet ...
... never heard of stubs being used for food , nor indeed is it reconcileable to common sense . Some have thought that the arpides , which the Scripture says were the meat of the Baptist , were the tops of plants or shrubs . · THYER . Yet ...
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... Never did wrong or violence ; by them I lost not what I lost , rather by them I gain'd what I have gain'd , and with them dwell , Copartner in these regions of the world , If not disposer ; lend them oft my aid , Oft my advice by ...
... Never did wrong or violence ; by them I lost not what I lost , rather by them I gain'd what I have gain'd , and with them dwell , Copartner in these regions of the world , If not disposer ; lend them oft my aid , Oft my advice by ...
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... never more . 405 is not here merely expletory , or only of general reference . It relates to what Raphael in express terms had said in the con- clusion of the sixth Book of the Paradise Lost , where he warns Adam of Satan's purposes ...
... never more . 405 is not here merely expletory , or only of general reference . It relates to what Raphael in express terms had said in the con- clusion of the sixth Book of the Paradise Lost , where he warns Adam of Satan's purposes ...
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Page 52 - And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead?
Page 473 - He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder, Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...
Page 157 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other...
Page 481 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 483 - All is best, though we oft doubt, What the unsearchable dispose Of Highest Wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close. Oft He seems to hide His face, But unexpectedly returns, And to His faithful champion hath in place Bore witness gloriously; whence Gaza mourns, And all that band them to resist His uncontrollable intent: His servants He, with new acquist Of true experience from this great event, With peace and consolation hath dismissed, And calm of mind, all passion spent.
Page 270 - But herein to our prophets far beneath, As men divinely taught, and better teaching The solid rules of civil government, In their majestic unaffected style, Than all the oratory of Greece and Rome. In them is plainest taught, and easiest learnt, What makes a nation happy, and keeps it so, What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat; These only with our law best form a king.
Page 11 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 268 - These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation : and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility...
Page 62 - God hath now sent his living oracle Into the world to teach his final will, And sends his spirit of truth henceforth to dwell In pious hearts, an inward oracle To all truth requisite for men to know.
Page 141 - Yet he who reigns within himself, and rules Passions, desires, and fears, is more a king — Which every wise and virtuous man attains ; And who attains not ill aspires to rule Cities of men, or headstrong multitudes, 470 Subject himself to anarchy within, Or lawless passions in him, which he serves.