The Prose Works of John MiltonWestley and Davis, 1835 - 976 páginas |
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Página i
... less by the invigorating nature of its moral than of its intellectual qualities , sufficient to perpetuate the stability of an empire . Constituting a most glorious portion of our best inheritance , his poetical writings are ...
... less by the invigorating nature of its moral than of its intellectual qualities , sufficient to perpetuate the stability of an empire . Constituting a most glorious portion of our best inheritance , his poetical writings are ...
Página ii
... less explored , but not less magnificent , domain . The recovery of a good book is a sure and certain resurrection . The envious deluge of oblivion cannot long settle over such works as these . The rainbow springs up , and we see it on ...
... less explored , but not less magnificent , domain . The recovery of a good book is a sure and certain resurrection . The envious deluge of oblivion cannot long settle over such works as these . The rainbow springs up , and we see it on ...
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... less can we believe that God would leave his frail and feeble , though not less beloved church here below , to the perpetual stumble of conjecture and disturbance in this our dark voyage , without the card and compass of discipline ...
... less can we believe that God would leave his frail and feeble , though not less beloved church here below , to the perpetual stumble of conjecture and disturbance in this our dark voyage , without the card and compass of discipline ...
Página xix
... less so to find that his wife's wanton outrage should have been the occasion of these extraordi- nary productions . It is true they originated in his own misfortune , yet in such times there must have been numbers in the same ...
... less so to find that his wife's wanton outrage should have been the occasion of these extraordi- nary productions . It is true they originated in his own misfortune , yet in such times there must have been numbers in the same ...
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... less a mind , nor of less excellence in another way , were they who by writing laid the solid and true foundations of this science , which being of greatest importance to the life A contraction of disciple . of man , yet there is no art ...
... less a mind , nor of less excellence in another way , were they who by writing laid the solid and true foundations of this science , which being of greatest importance to the life A contraction of disciple . of man , yet there is no art ...
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adultery ancient Answ answer apostles authority Barnwall better bishops called cause CHAP Christ christian church civil command common commonwealth confess conscience covenant death defence divine divorce doctrine Donnogh doth emperor enemies England episcopacy errour esquire evil faith fathers fear fornication give God's gospel granted hath holy honour Irenæus Jews John Milton judge judgment justice king king's kingdom learned less lest liberty licensing liturgy lord viscount magistrates majesty marriage Martin Bucer matrimony matter ment mind Moses nation nature never opinion ordinance papists parliament parliament of England peace person Pharisees pope prayer prelates presbyters presbytery priests princes protestant punishment reason reformation religion Remonst Roman saith Saviour Scripture shew soul spirit subjects taught things Thomas lord thou thought tion true truth tyranny tyrant viscount Dillon viscount Muskerry whenas wherein whereof whole wife wisdom wise words
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Página 108 - 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.
Página 104 - 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.
Página 204 - And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Página 116 - Methinks I see her as an Eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Página 117 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Página 333 - So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
Página 211 - For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. 15. But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.
Página 35 - 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.
Página 116 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 115 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors: a nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.