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An Account of the Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton: With an ... - Page 343
by Thomas Keightley - 1855 - 484 pages
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Explanatory Notes and Remarks on Milton's Paradise Lost

Jonathan Richardson - Biography - 1734 - 756 pages
...look upon Truth her Self, unlefs they they See her Elegantly Drejl ; that whereas the Paths of Honejty and Good Life appear now Rugged and Difficult, though they be Indeed Eajy and Pleajant, they ivould Then appear to all Men both Eajy and Pleajant , though they were Rugged...
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The life of Milton. To which are added Conjectures on the origin of Paradise ...

William Hayley - 1799 - 376 pages
...look upon truth herfelf, unlefs they fee her " elegantly dreft ; that whereas the paths of " honefty and good life appear now rugged *' and difficult , though they be indeed eafy " and pleafant , they will then appear to all " men both eafy and pleafant , though they " were...
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The Christian Observer, Volume 13

Religion - 1815 - 892 pages
...thoughts from within j — all these things to paint out and describe, teaching over the whole book of sanctity and virtue, through all the instances...especially of soft and delicious temper, who will not look so much upon Truth herself except they see her elegantly' dressed : that whereas the paths of...
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Nugæ Antiquæ: Being a Miscellaneous Collection of Original ..., Volume 2

Sir John Harington - Great Britain - 1804
...life ; though such an acceptation was doubted by Mr. Steevens. Milton uses it in a similar sense : " Whereas the paths of honesty and good life appear...difficult; though they be indeed easy and pleasant," &c. Reason of Church Government, Book ii. 4 See this foible fully illustrated in Lord Orford's Royal...
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Essays Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 378 pages
...things, with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe, teaching over the whole book of sanctity and virtue, through all the instances...upon truth herself, unless they see her elegantly drest ; that whereas the paths of honesty and good life appear now rugged and difficult, though they...
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Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of ..., Volume 3

Nathan Drake - English essays - 1805 - 376 pages
...things, with a solid and treatable smoothness to paint out and describe, teaching over the whole book of sanctity and virtue, through all the instances...upon truth herself, unless they see her elegantly drest ; that whereas the paths of honesty and good life appear now rugged and difficult, though they...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...look upon truth herfelf, unlefs they fee her elegantly drefTed ; that whereas the paths of honefty and good life appear now rugged and difficult, though they be indeed eafy and pleafant, they will then appear to all men both eafy andpleafant, though they were rugged...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...look upon truth herfelf, unlefs they fee her elegantly dreffcd ; that whereas the paths of honefty and good life appear now rugged and difficult, though they be indeed eafy and pleafant, they will then appear to all men both eafy and pleafant, though they were rugged...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...things, with a solid. and treatable smoothness, to paint out and describe. Teaching over the whole book of sanctity and virtue, through all the instances...difficult, though they be indeed easy and pleasant, they would then appear to all men both easy and pleasant, though they were rugged and difficult indeed....
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...things, with a solid, and treatable smoothness, to paint out and describe. Teaching over the whole book of sanctity and virtue, through all the instances...difficult, though they be indeed easy and pleasant, they would then appear to all men both easy and pleasant, though they were rugged and difficult indeed....
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