The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of His Time, Volumen1Macmillan and Company, 1875 |
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... known — some of them , indeed , such as the Ode on the Nativity , L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , Comus , and Lycidas being among the best known poems in the English language . With these.
... known — some of them , indeed , such as the Ode on the Nativity , L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , Comus , and Lycidas being among the best known poems in the English language . With these.
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... known poems in the English language . With these , accordingly , my duty has chiefly been to mention them in their proper chronological order , to exam- ine them afresh with a view to extract their biographical import , and to set each ...
... known poems in the English language . With these , accordingly , my duty has chiefly been to mention them in their proper chronological order , to exam- ine them afresh with a view to extract their biographical import , and to set each ...
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... known to have lived with his father at Horton in Buckinghamshire for nearly six years of his life after leaving Cambridge — and these years unu- sually rich in literary results no one had thought of examining the Registers of Horton ...
... known to have lived with his father at Horton in Buckinghamshire for nearly six years of his life after leaving Cambridge — and these years unu- sually rich in literary results no one had thought of examining the Registers of Horton ...
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... known as the Spread Eagle in Bread - street.2 Most probably , the device of the Spread Eagle was adopted by the scrivener himself with reference to the armorial bearings of his family . Wood expressly tells us that " the arms that John ...
... known as the Spread Eagle in Bread - street.2 Most probably , the device of the Spread Eagle was adopted by the scrivener himself with reference to the armorial bearings of his family . Wood expressly tells us that " the arms that John ...
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... known as a lover of art and an enthu- siast in all that appertained to Milton , bought the seal in 1761 for three guineas , from Mr. John Payne , bookseller , who informed him that it had come into his possession on the death of Thomas ...
... known as a lover of art and an enthu- siast in all that appertained to Milton , bought the seal in 1761 for three guineas , from Mr. John Payne , bookseller , who informed him that it had come into his possession on the death of Thomas ...
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academic afterwards Archbishop Arminian Aubrey Ben Jonson Bishop Bread-street called Calvinistic Cambridge Catholic Charles Christ's College Church Church of England clergy Colnbrook Comus copy Council Countess of Derby court daughter death Diodati divine Duke Earl ecclesiastical edition England English father Florence Gill Greek Harefield hath Henry honor Horton Italian James John John Milton King King's Lady Latin Laud Laud's learned letter literary living London Lord Lord Brackley masque Master Meade Milton ministers Muses noble Oxford Oxfordshire parish Parliament Paul's persons Peterhouse poems poet poetic poetry Privy Privy Council prose Protestantism published Puritans reign residence respecting Rome says scholars Scotland Scottish scrivener seems sermons song sonnet Spenser Stowmarket Thomas thou tion town Trinity College University verses whole William writes written young youth
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Página 481 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Página 443 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise...
Página 484 - Unsavoury in the enjoyment of itself ; If you let slip time, like a neglected rose It withers on the stalk with languished head. Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at' the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence ; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the huswife's wool.
Página 328 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Página 147 - And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Página 509 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock, by fountain, shade, and rill...
Página 487 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Página 165 - For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, Those Delphic lines with deep impression took ; Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble, with too much conceiving ; And, so sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings, for such a tomb, would wish to die.
Página 485 - Thick set with agate, and the azurn sheen Of turkis blue, and emerald green, That in the channel strays; Whilst from off the waters fleet Thus I set my printless feet O'er the cowslip's velvet head, That bends not as I tread.
Página 508 - Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear Compels me to disturb your season due: For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas? he knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme. He must not float upon his watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear.