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Page 112
Milton's republicanism was , I am afraid , founded in an envious hatred of greatness , and a sullen desire of independence ; in petulance impatient of con- troul , and pride disdainful of superiority . He hated monarchs in the state ...
Milton's republicanism was , I am afraid , founded in an envious hatred of greatness , and a sullen desire of independence ; in petulance impatient of con- troul , and pride disdainful of superiority . He hated monarchs in the state ...
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Religion , ' says Waller , ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not always to precede in order of time ; for well - being supposes a being ; and the first impediment which men ...
Religion , ' says Waller , ought to be the first thing in our purpose and desires ; but that which is first in dignity is not always to precede in order of time ; for well - being supposes a being ; and the first impediment which men ...
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Remember me to poor Harry , whose prayers I earnestly desire . My Virgil succeeds in the world beyond its desert or my expectation . You know the profits might have been more ; but neither my conscience nor my honour would suffer me to ...
Remember me to poor Harry , whose prayers I earnestly desire . My Virgil succeeds in the world beyond its desert or my expectation . You know the profits might have been more ; but neither my conscience nor my honour would suffer me to ...
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