Life and Times of John MiltonAmerican Tract Society, 1866 - 307 من الصفحات |
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... caused by its ap- pearance - Its character - Milton selected by the Council of State to answer it - Publication of his " Defence of the English People , " in 1651 - Its personalities - Masterly character of its argument - Extracts ...
... caused by its ap- pearance - Its character - Milton selected by the Council of State to answer it - Publication of his " Defence of the English People , " in 1651 - Its personalities - Masterly character of its argument - Extracts ...
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... caused his old tutor to return from Hamburg , whither he had repaired in the commencement of the reign of Charles First , on account of his religious opinions , and where he was officiating as chaplain to the English merchants under ...
... caused his old tutor to return from Hamburg , whither he had repaired in the commencement of the reign of Charles First , on account of his religious opinions , and where he was officiating as chaplain to the English merchants under ...
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... caused me to be in- structed daily . " These sentences summarily describe Milton's education prior to his colle- giate course . In 1623 , while in his fifteenth year , he gave several proofs of his precocious poetical genius , among ...
... caused me to be in- structed daily . " These sentences summarily describe Milton's education prior to his colle- giate course . In 1623 , while in his fifteenth year , he gave several proofs of his precocious poetical genius , among ...
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... cause of the choice may have been in the reputation which Christ College , the special department of Cambridge to which Milton was dispatched , had acquired as the seat not only of sound learning , but also of vital and evangelical ...
... cause of the choice may have been in the reputation which Christ College , the special department of Cambridge to which Milton was dispatched , had acquired as the seat not only of sound learning , but also of vital and evangelical ...
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... caused such a panic at the University as served to disturb the ordinary quiet routine , and send many of the collegians home . Milton passed the time with his family . In this same year , 1625 , king James died , not much regretted by ...
... caused such a panic at the University as served to disturb the ordinary quiet routine , and send many of the collegians home . Milton passed the time with his family . In this same year , 1625 , king James died , not much regretted by ...
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الصفحة 130 - We should be wary therefore what persecution we raise against the living labours of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man preserved and stored up in books ; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom...
الصفحة 131 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks. Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
الصفحة 32 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one (from whence they came) Had. meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life...
الصفحة 6 - It is to be regretted that the prose writings of Milton should, in our time, be so little read. As compositions, they deserve the attention of every man who wishes to become acquainted with the full power of the English language. They abound with passages compared with which the finest declamations of Burke sink into insignificance. They are a perfect field of cloth of gold. The style is stiff with gorgeous embroidery. Not even in the earlier books of the
الصفحة 197 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, " Both God exact day-labour, light denied ?
الصفحة 226 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
الصفحة 305 - The sight of his books, the sound of his name, are pleasant to us. His thoughts resemble those celestial fruits and flowers which the Virgin Martyr of Massinger sent down from the gardens of Paradise to the earth, and which were distinguished from the productions of other soils, not only by superior bloom and sweetness, but by miraculous efficacy to invigorate and to heal.
الصفحة 130 - God's image ; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth ; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
الصفحة 194 - 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.
الصفحة 299 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...