...own citizens throughout this island, in the mother dialect; that what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews...but content with these British islands as my world." Of his future great design ("Paradise Lost"), "of highest hope and hardiest attempting," he thus speaks...

...own citizens throughout this island, in the mother dialect; that what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews...for their country, I, in my proportion, with this advantage of being a Christian, might do for mine." The literature of that age stood greatly in need...

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...mine own Citizens throughout this Hand in the mother dialect. That what the greatest and choycest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews...with this over and above of being a Christian, might doe for mine : not caring to be once nam'd abroad, though perhaps I could attaine to that, but content...

...dialect. That what the greatest and choycest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews ot old did for their country, I in my proportion with this over and above of being a Christian, might doe for mine : not caring to be once nam'd abroad, though perhaps I could attaine to that, but content...

...own citizens throughout this island in the mother dialect. That what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews...but content with these British islands as my world; whose fortune hath hitherto been, that if the Athenians, as some say, made their small deeds great...

...own citizens throughout this island in the mother dialect. That what the greatest and choicest wits of Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews...but content with these British islands as my world ; whose fortune hath hitherto been, that if the Athenians, as some say, made their small deeds great...

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...citizens throughout this Island in the mother " dialect — that what the greatest and choicest wits of " Athens, Rome, or modern Italy, and those Hebrews...but content with these British Islands "as my world, whose fortune hath hitherto been that, if " the Athenians, as some say, made their small deeds great...