The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volumen1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... fince the ardour of my regard makes me imagine that you are always prefent , that I hear your voice and con- template your looks ; and as thus ( which is ufually the cafe with lovers ) I charm away my grief by the illufion of your ...
... fince the ardour of my regard makes me imagine that you are always prefent , that I hear your voice and con- template your looks ; and as thus ( which is ufually the cafe with lovers ) I charm away my grief by the illufion of your ...
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... fince you celebrate the fucceffes of our allies in lays fo harmonious and energetic , what may we not expect when our own fucceffes call for the con- gratulations of your mufe ? Adieu , learned fir , and be- lieve me greatly obliged by ...
... fince you celebrate the fucceffes of our allies in lays fo harmonious and energetic , what may we not expect when our own fucceffes call for the con- gratulations of your mufe ? Adieu , learned fir , and be- lieve me greatly obliged by ...
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... fince I never left your company without an increase of knowledge , and always had recourse to your mind as to an emporium of literature . Among us , as far as I know , there are only two or three , who , without any acquaint- ance with ...
... fince I never left your company without an increase of knowledge , and always had recourse to your mind as to an emporium of literature . Among us , as far as I know , there are only two or three , who , without any acquaint- ance with ...
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... fince you , the day before yesterday , presented me with an ele- gant and beautiful poem in Hendecafyllabic verfe , which far exceeds the worth of gold , you have increased my folicitude to discover in what manner I may requite the ...
... fince you , the day before yesterday , presented me with an ele- gant and beautiful poem in Hendecafyllabic verfe , which far exceeds the worth of gold , you have increased my folicitude to discover in what manner I may requite the ...
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... fince , as you know , I have attended more to Latin and to English compofition . He who at this time employs his labour and his time in writing Greek is in danger of writing what will never be read . Adieu , and expect to fee me , God ...
... fince , as you know , I have attended more to Latin and to English compofition . He who at this time employs his labour and his time in writing Greek is in danger of writing what will never be read . Adieu , and expect to fee me , God ...
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Página 279 - Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true epic poem, what of a dramatic, what of a lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand masterpiece to observe.
Página 121 - 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.
Página 323 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Página 287 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
Página 288 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys" a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the Earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Página 297 - He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true warfaring Christian.
Página 322 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle, mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Página 275 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Página 119 - ... teaching over the whole book of sanctity and virtue, through all the instances of example, with such delight to those especially of soft and delicious temper, who will not so much as look upon truth...
Página 288 - Tis true, no age can restore a life, whereof perhaps there is no great loss; and revolutions of ages do not oft recover the loss of a rejected truth, for the want of which whole nations fare the worse.