Critical & Historical Essays, Volume 1J.M. Dent & Company, 1900 - 380 pages |
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... liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak . By the general suffrage of the civilised world , his place has been assigned among the greatest masters of the art . His ...
... liberty . It is by his poetry that Milton is best known ; and it is of his poetry that we wish first to speak . By the general suffrage of the civilised world , his place has been assigned among the greatest masters of the art . His ...
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... liberty to indulge his choral raptures without reserve , that he rises even above himself . Then , like his own good Genius bursting from the earthly form and weeds of Thyrsis , he stands forth in celestial freedom and beauty ; he seems ...
... liberty to indulge his choral raptures without reserve , that he rises even above himself . Then , like his own good Genius bursting from the earthly form and weeds of Thyrsis , he stands forth in celestial freedom and beauty ; he seems ...
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... liberty and despotism , reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the human race were staked on the same cast with the freedom of the English people . Then were ...
... liberty and despotism , reason and prejudice . That great battle was fought for no single generation , for no single land . The destinies of the human race were staked on the same cast with the freedom of the English people . Then were ...
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... liberty for having been allied with religion , and has pleaded the cause of tyranny with the dexterity of an advocate , while affecting the impartiality of a judge . The public conduct of Milton must be approved or condemned according ...
... liberty for having been allied with religion , and has pleaded the cause of tyranny with the dexterity of an advocate , while affecting the impartiality of a judge . The public conduct of Milton must be approved or condemned according ...
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... liberty , security , toleration , all go for nothing with them . One sect there was , which , from unfortunate temporary causes , it was thought necessary to keep under close restraint . One part of the empire there was so unhappily ...
... liberty , security , toleration , all go for nothing with them . One sect there was , which , from unfortunate temporary causes , it was thought necessary to keep under close restraint . One part of the empire there was so unhappily ...
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