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... virtues , the sources of much of my past happiness , I am indebted for all my present consolation , I inscribe THIS LIFE OF MILTON ; which , having grown under his eye and been cherished with his regard , is dear to me for merit , not ...
... virtues , the sources of much of my past happiness , I am indebted for all my present consolation , I inscribe THIS LIFE OF MILTON ; which , having grown under his eye and been cherished with his regard , is dear to me for merit , not ...
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... virtues , and those pre- judices which united him with a potent fac- tion in the state , conciliated during his life the attachment of many illustrious friends , d The Cabinet , Vo . 1 , p . 35 . and , when he ceased to breathe ...
... virtues , and those pre- judices which united him with a potent fac- tion in the state , conciliated during his life the attachment of many illustrious friends , d The Cabinet , Vo . 1 , p . 35 . and , when he ceased to breathe ...
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... virtue and truth ; and with the fear of posthumous con- viction and disgrace would be extinguished one of the most powerful restraints of human enormity and excess . If every villain were assured of an inviolable asylum for his me- mory ...
... virtue and truth ; and with the fear of posthumous con- viction and disgrace would be extinguished one of the most powerful restraints of human enormity and excess . If every villain were assured of an inviolable asylum for his me- mory ...
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... virtues as a man are equal to his merits as a scholar and a writer , I say only what his friends know to be true and what his enemies have not the confi- dence to deny . I speak of him on this oc- casion only to gratify myself , and he ...
... virtues as a man are equal to his merits as a scholar and a writer , I say only what his friends know to be true and what his enemies have not the confi- dence to deny . I speak of him on this oc- casion only to gratify myself , and he ...
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... virtue or the intel- lect , which we are contemplating , be a spring gushing immediately from the bosom of the earth , or a reservoir , ( if the allusion may be permitted , ) formed and supported by a long d Toland's Life of Milton is ...
... virtue or the intel- lect , which we are contemplating , be a spring gushing immediately from the bosom of the earth , or a reservoir , ( if the allusion may be permitted , ) formed and supported by a long d Toland's Life of Milton is ...
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