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Pagina 17
... true , that Milton was one of the last students in either university that suffered the publick indignity of corporal correction . It was , in the violence of controversial hostility , objected to him that he was expelled : this he ...
... true , that Milton was one of the last students in either university that suffered the publick indignity of corporal correction . It was , in the violence of controversial hostility , objected to him that he was expelled : this he ...
Pagina 180
... true , he proposes that all wit should be re - coined before it is current , and appoints masters of assay who shall reject all that is light or debased . ' Tis true , that when the coarse and worthless dross Is purg'd away , there will ...
... true , he proposes that all wit should be re - coined before it is current , and appoints masters of assay who shall reject all that is light or debased . ' Tis true , that when the coarse and worthless dross Is purg'd away , there will ...
Pagina 369
... true honour is , not to have a great part , but to act it well : that virtue only is our own ; and that happiness is always in our power . Surely a man of no very comprehensive search may venture to say that he has heard all this before ...
... true honour is , not to have a great part , but to act it well : that virtue only is our own ; and that happiness is always in our power . Surely a man of no very comprehensive search may venture to say that he has heard all this before ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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