The Life of John Milton: In Three Parts. To which are Added, Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost: with an Appendix. By William Hayley ...W. Porter, 1797 - 342 páginas |
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... political vifions of Plato , a writer whom Milton paffionately admired , and to whom he bore , I think , in many points , a very ftriking resemblance . Perhaps they both pof- felfed too large a portion of fancy and enthufiafm to make ...
... political vifions of Plato , a writer whom Milton paffionately admired , and to whom he bore , I think , in many points , a very ftriking resemblance . Perhaps they both pof- felfed too large a portion of fancy and enthufiafm to make ...
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... politics it has long been a prevailing creed to believe , that government is like gold , and muft not be fafhi- oned for extenfive ufe without the alloy of cor- ruption . But I mean not to burthen you , my lively friend , with political ...
... politics it has long been a prevailing creed to believe , that government is like gold , and muft not be fafhi- oned for extenfive ufe without the alloy of cor- ruption . But I mean not to burthen you , my lively friend , with political ...
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... politics and in poetry , have endeavoured to weigh his merits exactly in the balance of truth and reason . What new light then can be thrown upon a life , whofe incidents have been fo eagerly collected , and fo frequently retailed ...
... politics and in poetry , have endeavoured to weigh his merits exactly in the balance of truth and reason . What new light then can be thrown upon a life , whofe incidents have been fo eagerly collected , and fo frequently retailed ...
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... political adverfaries , he animates his narrative by a folemn appeal to heaven on his unfpotted integrity ; he protefts that , during his refidence in foreign fcenes , where licentiousness was univerfal , his own conduct was perfectly ...
... political adverfaries , he animates his narrative by a folemn appeal to heaven on his unfpotted integrity ; he protefts that , during his refidence in foreign fcenes , where licentiousness was univerfal , his own conduct was perfectly ...
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... political inftitutions ; as I had been trained from my youth to the particular know- ledge of what belonged to divine , and what to human jurifdiction ; and as I thought I fhould de- ferve to forfeit the power of being useful to man ...
... political inftitutions ; as I had been trained from my youth to the particular know- ledge of what belonged to divine , and what to human jurifdiction ; and as I thought I fhould de- ferve to forfeit the power of being useful to man ...
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