English Prose Writings of John MiltonG. Routledge and sons, 1889 - 446 Seiten |
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... whereof she taught the way to others . Although indeed our Wyclif's preaching , at which all the succeeding Reformers more effectually lighted their tapers , was to his countrymen but a short blaze , soon damped and stifled by the pope ...
... whereof she taught the way to others . Although indeed our Wyclif's preaching , at which all the succeeding Reformers more effectually lighted their tapers , was to his countrymen but a short blaze , soon damped and stifled by the pope ...
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... whereof he put into his helmet , to bear off blows in battle ; others he fastened among the studs of his bridle , to fulfil , as he thought , or his court bishops persuaded him , the prophecy of Zechariah : " And it shall be that which ...
... whereof he put into his helmet , to bear off blows in battle ; others he fastened among the studs of his bridle , to fulfil , as he thought , or his court bishops persuaded him , the prophecy of Zechariah : " And it shall be that which ...
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... whereof his legal justice and watchful care give us the quiet enjoyment . And this distinction of honour will bring forth a seemly and graceful uniformity over all the kingdom . Then shall the Nobles possess all the dignities and ...
... whereof his legal justice and watchful care give us the quiet enjoyment . And this distinction of honour will bring forth a seemly and graceful uniformity over all the kingdom . Then shall the Nobles possess all the dignities and ...
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... subject against . prelaty , the touching whereof is so distasteful and disquietous to a number of men , as by what hath been said I may deserve of charitable readers to be credited , that neither envy nor 148 GOD AND MAN .
... subject against . prelaty , the touching whereof is so distasteful and disquietous to a number of men , as by what hath been said I may deserve of charitable readers to be credited , that neither envy nor 148 GOD AND MAN .
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... whereof might be delayed at pleasure , and time enough to pencil it over with all the curious touches of art , even to the perfection of a faultless picture : whenas in this argument the not deferring is of great moment to the good ...
... whereof might be delayed at pleasure , and time enough to pencil it over with all the curious touches of art , even to the perfection of a faultless picture : whenas in this argument the not deferring is of great moment to the good ...
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Seite 314 - I know they are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous dragon's teeth; and, being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys" a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Seite 128 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Seite 353 - The Tenure of Kings and Magistrates : proving that it is lawful, and hath been held so through all Ages, for any who have the Power, to call to Account a Tyrant, or wicked King, and after due Conviction, to depose, and put him to Death, if the ordinary Magistrate have neglected or denied to do it.
Seite 323 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.
Seite 314 - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Seite 118 - I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
Seite 184 - Hail wedded love! mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driv'n from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Seite 50 - Henceforth, I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Seite 10 - Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee; she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on...
Seite 299 - First, we do amiss to spend seven or eight years merely in scraping together so much miserable Latin and Greek as might be learned otherwise easily and delightfully in one year.