Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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Page 31
... evil to come ; some had carried into foreign climates their unconquerable hatred of oppression ; some were pining in dungeons ; and some had poured forth their blood on scaffolds . Venal and licentious scribblers , with just sufficient ...
... evil to come ; some had carried into foreign climates their unconquerable hatred of oppression ; some were pining in dungeons ; and some had poured forth their blood on scaffolds . Venal and licentious scribblers , with just sufficient ...
Page 36
... in spite of them , they feel , with their prototype , that ' Their labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil . ' PRINCIPLES OF THE REVOLUTION 37 To the blessings which England 36 MILTON.
... in spite of them , they feel , with their prototype , that ' Their labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil . ' PRINCIPLES OF THE REVOLUTION 37 To the blessings which England 36 MILTON.
Page 37
... evil be done , they care not who does it ; the arbitrary Charles , or the liberal William , Ferdinand the Catholic , or Frederic the Protestant . On such occasions their deadliest opponents may reckon upon their candid construction ...
... evil be done , they care not who does it ; the arbitrary Charles , or the liberal William , Ferdinand the Catholic , or Frederic the Protestant . On such occasions their deadliest opponents may reckon upon their candid construction ...
Page 48
... evil was incurred ; and the object was to render it as small as possible . We censure the chiefs of the army for not yielding to the popular opinion ; but we cannot censure Milton for wishing to change that opinion . The very feeling ...
... evil was incurred ; and the object was to render it as small as possible . We censure the chiefs of the army for not yielding to the popular opinion ; but we cannot censure Milton for wishing to change that opinion . The very feeling ...
Page 67
... Evil Principle , the discoverer of ambition and revenge , the original inventor of perjury , and that , before the publication of his fatal Prince , there had never been a hypocrite , a tyrant , or a traitor , a simulated virtue , or a ...
... Evil Principle , the discoverer of ambition and revenge , the original inventor of perjury , and that , before the publication of his fatal Prince , there had never been a hypocrite , a tyrant , or a traitor , a simulated virtue , or a ...
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