The Prose Works of John Milton ...: With a Preface, Preliminary Remarks, and Notes, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, 1871 |
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... thing which should , perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of ... things , strive to infuse into public affairs as much as possible of their own spirit ; since in this way only can ...
... thing which should , perhaps , subsist upon patronage , celebrate the praises of kings , and abandon the study of ... things , strive to infuse into public affairs as much as possible of their own spirit ; since in this way only can ...
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... things which have lain so long in obscurity , are not only worth reviving , but distinguished for the most rare elo- quence and powers of reasoning ? Hazlitt used to say that Coleridge had a trick of preferring the unknown to the known ...
... things which have lain so long in obscurity , are not only worth reviving , but distinguished for the most rare elo- quence and powers of reasoning ? Hazlitt used to say that Coleridge had a trick of preferring the unknown to the known ...
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... things , though not in all , resembling - might naturally enough co - operate for they could respect each other . But with what sense of decorum , or reverence for his own character , remembering the glorious cause for which he had ...
... things , though not in all , resembling - might naturally enough co - operate for they could respect each other . But with what sense of decorum , or reverence for his own character , remembering the glorious cause for which he had ...
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... things , which indeed I earnestly desire : the one , not to be at all wanting , as far as in me lies , to this most noble cause and most worthy to be recorded to all future ages : the other , that I may appear to have myself avoided ...
... things , which indeed I earnestly desire : the one , not to be at all wanting , as far as in me lies , to this most noble cause and most worthy to be recorded to all future ages : the other , that I may appear to have myself avoided ...
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... things as performed by the people , which almost open their voice themselves , and testify the presence of God throughout ? who , as often as it seems good to his infinite wisdom , uses to throw down proud and un- ruly kings , exalting ...
... things as performed by the people , which almost open their voice themselves , and testify the presence of God throughout ? who , as often as it seems good to his infinite wisdom , uses to throw down proud and un- ruly kings , exalting ...
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Page 47 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 484 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Page iv - ... in heaven above, or on the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth, being but so many wild dreams, and their sentiments and language every way worthy of the matter.
Page 495 - Sonnets, Triumphs, and other Poems. Translated into English Verse by various Hands. With a Life of the Poet by Thomas Campbell. With Portrait and 15 Steel Engravings. 5*.
Page 71 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shall have praise of the same: . for he is the minister of God to thee for good.
Page 69 - They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off.
Page 66 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man, for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of them that do well.
Page 33 - When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire...
Page 33 - When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me...