The Milton Anthology: Selected from the Prose WritingsHenry Holt, 1876 - 486 pages |
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... appear soonest to be so , by being good and agree- able to the true welfare of every Christian ; and that which can be justly proved hurtful and offen- sive to every true Christian will be evinced to be alike hurtful to monarchy : for ...
... appear soonest to be so , by being good and agree- able to the true welfare of every Christian ; and that which can be justly proved hurtful and offen- sive to every true Christian will be evinced to be alike hurtful to monarchy : for ...
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... appear , when we shall know them not only to have saved us from greatest miseries past , but to have reserved us for greatest hap- piness to come ! Hitherto thou hast but freed us , and that not fully , from the unjust and tyrannous ...
... appear , when we shall know them not only to have saved us from greatest miseries past , but to have reserved us for greatest hap- piness to come ! Hitherto thou hast but freed us , and that not fully , from the unjust and tyrannous ...
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... their di- vine argument alone , but in the very critical art of composition , may be easily made appear over all the kinds of lyric poesy to be incomparable . These abilities , wheresoever they be found , are the URGED AGAINST PRELATY . 49.
... their di- vine argument alone , but in the very critical art of composition , may be easily made appear over all the kinds of lyric poesy to be incomparable . These abilities , wheresoever they be found , are the URGED AGAINST PRELATY . 49.
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... appear now rugged and difficult , though they be indeed easy and pleasant , they will then appear to all men both easy and 50 REASON OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT.
... appear now rugged and difficult , though they be indeed easy and pleasant , they will then appear to all men both easy and 50 REASON OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT.
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Selected from the Prose Writings John Milton. they will then appear to all men both easy and pleasant , though they were rugged and difficult indeed . And what a benefit this would be to our youth and gentry , may be soon guessed by what ...
Selected from the Prose Writings John Milton. they will then appear to all men both easy and pleasant , though they were rugged and difficult indeed . And what a benefit this would be to our youth and gentry , may be soon guessed by what ...
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Page 455 - Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises : that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 53 - 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...
Page 433 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 458 - Lord came unto me, saying, before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Page 127 - For who knows not that truth is strong, next to the Almighty ; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious ; those are the shifts and the defences that error uses against her power...
Page 449 - And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord : And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength : this is the first commandment.
Page 105 - 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.
Page 462 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates PROVING THAT IT IS LAWFUL, AND HATH BEEN HELD SO THROUGH ALL AGES, FOR ANY WHO HAVE THE POWER TO CALL TO ACCOUNT A TYRANT, OR WICKED KING, AND AFTER DUE CONVICTION TO DEPOSE AND PUT HIM TO DEATH, IF THE ORDINARY MAGISTRATE HAVE NEGLECTED OR DENIED TO DO IT.
Page 446 - For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee ? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son.
Page 50 - ... to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune...