The lives of the English poets: in 2 vol, Volume 1Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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Page 62
... honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him for every thing but his religion : and Milton , in return , addressed him in a Latin poem , which must have raised a high opinion of English elegance and literature . His ...
... honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him for every thing but his religion : and Milton , in return , addressed him in a Latin poem , which must have raised a high opinion of English elegance and literature . His ...
Page 65
... honour to his country . " This , " says he , " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire Johnson's Lives . 1 ...
... honour to his country . " This , " says he , " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire Johnson's Lives . 1 ...
Page 73
... honoured her memory with a poor sonnet . The first reply to Milton's " Defensio Populi " was published in 1651 , called " Apologia pro Rege et Populo Anglicano , contra Johannis Polypragmatici ( alias Miltoni ) defensionem destructivam ...
... honoured her memory with a poor sonnet . The first reply to Milton's " Defensio Populi " was published in 1651 , called " Apologia pro Rege et Populo Anglicano , contra Johannis Polypragmatici ( alias Miltoni ) defensionem destructivam ...
Page 74
... honours , who envy the distinctions of merit greater than their own , or who have yet to learn , that in the coalition of human society nothing is more pleasing to God , or more agreeable to reason , than that the highest mind should ...
... honours , who envy the distinctions of merit greater than their own , or who have yet to learn , that in the coalition of human society nothing is more pleasing to God , or more agreeable to reason , than that the highest mind should ...
Page 80
... honoured by his presence . The King , with lenity of which the world has had perhaps no other example , declined to be the judge or avenger of his own or his father's wrongs ; and promised to admit into the Act of Oblivion all , except ...
... honoured by his presence . The King , with lenity of which the world has had perhaps no other example , declined to be the judge or avenger of his own or his father's wrongs ; and promised to admit into the Act of Oblivion all , except ...
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