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... what , that may be of ufe and honour to his country . This , " fays he , " is 66 not to be obtained but by devout . prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can 66 33 " enrich enrich with all utterance and , know- " ledge , 34 MILT O N.
... what , that may be of ufe and honour to his country . This , " fays he , " is 66 not to be obtained but by devout . prayer to that Eternal Spirit that can 66 33 " enrich enrich with all utterance and , know- " ledge , 34 MILT O N.
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... prayer taken from Sidney's Arcadia , and imputing it to the king ; whom he charges , in his Iconoclaftes , with the ufe of this prayer as with a heavy crime , e 2 crime , in the indecent language with which profperity had MILTON . 51.
... prayer taken from Sidney's Arcadia , and imputing it to the king ; whom he charges , in his Iconoclaftes , with the ufe of this prayer as with a heavy crime , e 2 crime , in the indecent language with which profperity had MILTON . 51.
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... prayer ftolen " word for word from the mouth of a heathen woman praying to a heathen " god ? " The papers which the king gave to Dr. Juxon on the fcaffold the regicides took away , fo that they were at least the publishers of this prayer ...
... prayer ftolen " word for word from the mouth of a heathen woman praying to a heathen " god ? " The papers which the king gave to Dr. Juxon on the fcaffold the regicides took away , fo that they were at least the publishers of this prayer ...
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... prayer , either folitary , of with his household ; omitting pub lick prayers , he omitted all . " Of this omiffion the reafon has been fought , upon a fuppofition which ought never to be made , that men live with their own approbation ...
... prayer , either folitary , of with his household ; omitting pub lick prayers , he omitted all . " Of this omiffion the reafon has been fought , upon a fuppofition which ought never to be made , that men live with their own approbation ...
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Samuel Johnson. firmed ; his ftudies and meditations were an habitual prayer . The neglect of it in his family was probably a fault for which he condemned himself , and which the intended to correct , but that death , as too often ...
Samuel Johnson. firmed ; his ftudies and meditations were an habitual prayer . The neglect of it in his family was probably a fault for which he condemned himself , and which the intended to correct , but that death , as too often ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Adam againſt allegory anfwer angels appears becauſe Butler caufe cenfure Chorus Comus Confcience confidered curiofity daugh daughter defcend defcribed defign defire delight diction diſcover eafily epick poem Euripides fafe faid fame fatire fays fecond fecretary feems fent fentiments feven fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes fpirits ftate ftudies fubject fuch fuffered fufficiently fufpected fupplied fuppofed fure hiftory himſelf houfe houſe Hudibras images inftruction John Milton king labour laft Latin leaft learning lefs Lycidas ment Milton mind moft moſt mufick muft muſt neceffary nefs never numbers obfervation occafion opinion paffions Paradife Loft perfons perhaps perufal philofophy pleaſe pleaſure poet poetry poffible pounds praife praiſe prefent preferve profe promife publick publiſhed queftion racter radife raiſed reafon refidence regicides reprefented rhyme Salmafius ſcenes ſtudy thefe Theſe thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand univerfity uſe vifited Weft whofe write
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 27 - innovators whom I oppofe are turning off attention from life to nature. They feem to think', that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants, or the motions of the ftars. Socrates was rather of opinion, that what we had to learn was, how to do good, and avoid evil. "Or//
Seite 25 - whether we wifh to be ufeful or pleafing, .the firft requifite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; the next is an acquaintance with the hiftory of mankind, and with thofe examples which maybe faid to embody truth, and prove by events the reafonablenefs
Seite 22 - Ihould be degraded to a fchoolmafter; but fince it cannot be denied that he taught boys, one finds out that he taught for nothing, and another that his motive was only zeal for the propagation of learning and virtue; and all tell what they do not know to be true,, only to excufe an
Seite 136 - .was not of the church of England. To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are diftant, and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide. by. degrees out of the mind, unlefs it be invigorated and
Seite 23 - by an honeft and ufeful employment. It is told, that in the art of education he performed wonders; and a formidable lift is given of the authors, Greek and Latin, that were read in Alderfgate-ftreet, by youth between ten and fifteen or fixteen years of age. Thofe who tell or receive thefe ftories,
Seite 151 - We know that they never drove a field, and that they had no flocks to batten^ and though it be allowed that the reprefentation may be allegorical, the true meaning is fo uncertain and remote, •that it is never fought, becaufe it cannot be known when it
Seite 147 - them commended by a man well qualified to decide their merit. The Latin pieces are lufcioufly elegant; but the delight which they afford is rather by * the exquifite imitation of the ancient writers, by the purity of the diction, and the harmony of the numbers, than by any power of invention, or vigour of
Seite 216 - melody of numbers, and therefore tires by long continuance. Of the Italian writers without rhyme, whom Milton alleges as precedents, not one is popular ; what reafon could urge in its •defence, has been confuted by the ear. But, whatever be the advantage of rhyme, I cannot prevail on myfelf to wifh
Seite 6 - fortunate poet to his new patron. At " laft an appointment was made, and " the place of meeting was agreed to " be the Roebuck. Mr. Butler and " his friend attended accordingly: the ** duke joined them; but, as the d—1 " would have it, the door of the room ** where they fat was open, and his
Seite 165 - however adapted to the Italian language, has never fucceeded in ours, which, having greater variety of termination, requires the rhymes to be often changed. Thofe little pieces may be difpatched without -much anxiety; a greater work calls for greater care. I am now to examine Paradife Loft; a poem, which, •confidered with