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... Church in Oxford , where he was prosecuting his studies , and sought the means of subsist- ence in London , from the profession of a scrivener ; a profession which , in those days , united the two businesses of the law , and the money ...
... Church in Oxford , where he was prosecuting his studies , and sought the means of subsist- ence in London , from the profession of a scrivener ; a profession which , in those days , united the two businesses of the law , and the money ...
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... church , and for this reason also he would be the more anxions decidedly to incline him with the biass of devotion . The sentiments and the warmth , thus communicated to the mind of the young Milton , would , no doubt , be strengthened ...
... church , and for this reason also he would be the more anxions decidedly to incline him with the biass of devotion . The sentiments and the warmth , thus communicated to the mind of the young Milton , would , no doubt , be strengthened ...
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... church ; and we are assured , by more than one passage in his own works , that he looked with no friendly eye either on the plan of education 2 observed in the University , or on the learning and the conduct of its members . We may con ...
... church ; and we are assured , by more than one passage in his own works , that he looked with no friendly eye either on the plan of education 2 observed in the University , or on the learning and the conduct of its members . We may con ...
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... church for reasons , " which , hallowed by conscience , are entitled to our respect , the attainment of a common fellowship , to be held only for a very limited term , could not be among the objects of his life . The com- petence also ...
... church for reasons , " which , hallowed by conscience , are entitled to our respect , the attainment of a common fellowship , to be held only for a very limited term , could not be among the objects of his life . The com- petence also ...
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... now men- tioned , the English bard could number on the list of the friends , conciliated by his learn- The Reason of Church Gov. P.W. v . i . 119 . • Ibid . LI ing , talents and manners , the respectable literary LIFE OF MILTON . 91.
... now men- tioned , the English bard could number on the list of the friends , conciliated by his learn- The Reason of Church Gov. P.W. v . i . 119 . • Ibid . LI ing , talents and manners , the respectable literary LIFE OF MILTON . 91.
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