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" These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though most abuse) in every nation; and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue... "
Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ... - Page vi
by John Milton - 1819 - 311 pages
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The Prose of Works John Milton, Volume 4

John Milton - 1853 - 546 pages
...of imagination, or of pure reasoning. ' These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though...and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbred and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations...
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The Prose Works, Volume 4

John Milton - 1853 - 554 pages
...of imagination, or of pure reasoning. ' These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though...abuse) in every nation ; and are of power, beside the offic'« of a pulpit, to inbred an.d cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility,...
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Genius and Faith: Or, Poetry and Religion, in Their Mutual Relations

William Cooper Scott - 1853 - 338 pages
...C/SCOTT "These abilities are the Inspired gifts of God, rarely bestowed, and are of power to imbreed and cherish In a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility; to allay the perturhations of the mind and set the affections In right tune ; and to celebrate in glorious and lofty...
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Lives of the illustrious. The Biographical magazine [ed. by J.P. Edwards].

Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 pages
...he says — these poetic powers, — ' ' are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, yet to some in every nation, and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility; to allay the perturbations...
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Once Upon a Time, Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1854 - 342 pages
...from ' The Reason of Church Government/ he was preparing for some high work which should be of power " to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility ; to allay the perturbation of the mind, and set the affections in right tune — * * * * a work not to be raised...
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The Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 4

John Wilson - 1854 - 342 pages
...Poetry ! " These abilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, and are of power to in breed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility; to allay the perturbation of the mind, and set the affections to a right tune ; to celebrate in glorious and lofty...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 20

1854 - 788 pages
...abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some in every nation ; and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to imbreed and cherish in a great people, the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton

John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...Church Government,** pref. b. ii. : — " These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some (though...and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, Ac. to celebrate in...
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An Account of the Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton: With an ...

Thomas Keightley - 1855 - 512 pages
...kinds of lyric poesy to be incomparable. These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but yet to some —...and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility [civilization]; to allay...
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An Account of the Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton: With an ...

Thomas Keightley - 1855 - 510 pages
...to be incomparable. These abilities, wheresoever they be found,]are the inspired gift • if of GodJ rarely bestowed, but yet to some — though most abuse...and are of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to • imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility [civilization]; to...
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