John Milton: A Biography. Especially Designed to Exhibit the Ecclesiastical Principles of that Illustrious ManA. Cockshaw, 1851 - 251 pages |
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... say partially ; for few readers need be told that in England the principles of the Reformation were but im- perfectly carried out . Commenced under a monarch who was one of the basest and most unprincipled of mankind , it was carried on ...
... say partially ; for few readers need be told that in England the principles of the Reformation were but im- perfectly carried out . Commenced under a monarch who was one of the basest and most unprincipled of mankind , it was carried on ...
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... says , that they are Dead things with inbreathed sense able to pierce , And to our high raised phantasy present That undisturbed song of pure concent Aye sung before the sapphire - coloured throne , To Him that sits thereon , With ...
... says , that they are Dead things with inbreathed sense able to pierce , And to our high raised phantasy present That undisturbed song of pure concent Aye sung before the sapphire - coloured throne , To Him that sits thereon , With ...
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... says the Doctor , " with a design of entering into the Church , but in time altered his mind . " The more correct statement would be , that his father desired that the great intellectual powers , of which he gave early promise , should ...
... says the Doctor , " with a design of entering into the Church , but in time altered his mind . " The more correct statement would be , that his father desired that the great intellectual powers , of which he gave early promise , should ...
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... says , " it certainly stands unrivalled for its affluence in poetic imagery and diction ; and , as an effort of the creative power , it can be paralleled only by the muse of Shakspeare , by whom in this respect it is possibly exceeded ...
... says , " it certainly stands unrivalled for its affluence in poetic imagery and diction ; and , as an effort of the creative power , it can be paralleled only by the muse of Shakspeare , by whom in this respect it is possibly exceeded ...
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... says Johnson , " there is no 66 nature , for there is no truth : there is no art , for there is nothing new . Its ... say , Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure , had he not known its author . " Sir Egerton ...
... says Johnson , " there is no 66 nature , for there is no truth : there is no art , for there is nothing new . Its ... say , Surely no man could have fancied that he read Lycidas with pleasure , had he not known its author . " Sir Egerton ...
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Page 109 - The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
Page 33 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.
Page 30 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade...
Page 34 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse ; Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 27 - Haste thee nymph and bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles. Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled care derides. And laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 127 - God's trophies, and his work pursued, While Darwen stream, with blood of Scots imbrued, And Dunbar field, resounds thy praises loud, And Worcester's laureate wreath.
Page 43 - Or call up him that left half-told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife That own'd the virtuous ring and glass ; And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 117 - He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true wayfaring Christian.
Page 25 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 111 - I shall detain you no longer in the demonstration of what we should not do, but straight conduct ye to a hillside, where I will point ye out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the Harp of Orpheus was not more charming.