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... studies . Homer and Virgil and Dante are in it , but its essential , vitalizing , controlling spirit is that of a refined exalted Puritanism , freed from all that was in it of the contingent and the accidental ; and thus that spirit ...
... studies . Homer and Virgil and Dante are in it , but its essential , vitalizing , controlling spirit is that of a refined exalted Puritanism , freed from all that was in it of the contingent and the accidental ; and thus that spirit ...
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... studies and from those of other artists , especially of Vandyke . ' No one , ' says Masson , ' can desire a more impressive and authentic portrait of Milton in his later life . The face is such as has been given to no other human being ...
... studies and from those of other artists , especially of Vandyke . ' No one , ' says Masson , ' can desire a more impressive and authentic portrait of Milton in his later life . The face is such as has been given to no other human being ...
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... studies , as inclined me , if not to do great things myself , at least to celebrate those that did , ) yet as having no confidence in any such advantages , I have recourse to the divine assistance ; and invoke the great and holy God ...
... studies , as inclined me , if not to do great things myself , at least to celebrate those that did , ) yet as having no confidence in any such advantages , I have recourse to the divine assistance ; and invoke the great and holy God ...
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... studies , or went to bed before midnight . This primarily led to my loss of sight . My eyes were naturally weak , and I was subject to frequent headaches ; which , however , could not chill the ardour of my curiosity , or retard the ...
... studies , or went to bed before midnight . This primarily led to my loss of sight . My eyes were naturally weak , and I was subject to frequent headaches ; which , however , could not chill the ardour of my curiosity , or retard the ...
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... studies , which I gratuitously presented to the church and to the state ; and for which I was recompensed by nothing but impunity ; though the actions themselves procured me peace of conscience , and the approbation of the good ; while ...
... studies , which I gratuitously presented to the church and to the state ; and for which I was recompensed by nothing but impunity ; though the actions themselves procured me peace of conscience , and the approbation of the good ; while ...
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Page 106 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 178 - Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves, Where other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 173 - YET once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear Compels me to disturb your season due; For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Page 176 - Last came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean Lake ; Two massy keys he bore of metals twain...
Page 174 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill. Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill.
Page 170 - Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths!
Page xvii - ... an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 170 - The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread...
Page 143 - Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude, Where with her best nurse, contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i...
Page 91 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.