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 ... |
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ries of public virtue have seldom fucceeded in the management of dominion , and in politics it has long been a prevailing creed to believe , that government is ' like gold , and must not be fashioned for extensive use without the alloy ...
ries of public virtue have seldom fucceeded in the management of dominion , and in politics it has long been a prevailing creed to believe , that government is ' like gold , and must not be fashioned for extensive use without the alloy ...
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... for , afluredly , my friend bears no common resemblance to his most illustrious predecessor , not only in the energy and hallowed use of poetical talents , but in that beneficent fervour and purity of heart , which entitle the great ...
... for , afluredly , my friend bears no common resemblance to his most illustrious predecessor , not only in the energy and hallowed use of poetical talents , but in that beneficent fervour and purity of heart , which entitle the great ...
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... Thy service in some graver subject use ; Such as may make thee search thy coffers round , Before thou clothe my fancy in fit sound ; Such , where the deep transported mind may foar Above the wheeling poles , and at Heay'n's door ...
... Thy service in some graver subject use ; Such as may make thee search thy coffers round , Before thou clothe my fancy in fit sound ; Such , where the deep transported mind may foar Above the wheeling poles , and at Heay'n's door ...
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Yet be it less or more , or soon or flow , It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot , however mean or high , Towards which time leads me , and the will of heav'n ; All is , if I have grace to use it so , As ever in ...
Yet be it less or more , or soon or flow , It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot , however mean or high , Towards which time leads me , and the will of heav'n ; All is , if I have grace to use it so , As ever in ...
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Lastly , I should “ not chuse this manner of writing , wherein , know“ ing myself inferior to myself , led by the genial power of nature to another task , I have the use , " as I may account , but of my left hand . ” Prose Works , vol .
Lastly , I should “ not chuse this manner of writing , wherein , know“ ing myself inferior to myself , led by the genial power of nature to another task , I have the use , " as I may account , but of my left hand . ” Prose Works , vol .
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