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Pagina 32
... less than regal . To this Milton was required to write a suffi- cient answer ; which he performed ( 1651 ) in such a manner , that Hobbes declared himself unable to decide whose language was best , or whose arguments were worst . In my ...
... less than regal . To this Milton was required to write a suffi- cient answer ; which he performed ( 1651 ) in such a manner , that Hobbes declared himself unable to decide whose language was best , or whose arguments were worst . In my ...
Pagina 33
... less , every man gives way , except some who , without equal qualifications , aspire to equal hon- ours , who envy the distinctions of merit greater than their own , or who have yet to learn , that The first reply to Milton's " Defensio ...
... less , every man gives way , except some who , without equal qualifications , aspire to equal hon- ours , who envy the distinctions of merit greater than their own , or who have yet to learn , that The first reply to Milton's " Defensio ...
Pagina 39
... less could be performed by the writer , less likewise would content the judges of his work . Among this lagging race of frosty grovellers , he might still have risen into eminence by producing something which they should not willingly ...
... less could be performed by the writer , less likewise would content the judges of his work . Among this lagging race of frosty grovellers , he might still have risen into eminence by producing something which they should not willingly ...
Pagina 40
... less learned than at any other time ; but of that middle race of students who read for pleasure or accomplishment , and who buy the numerous products of modern typography , the number was then comparatively small . To prove the paucity ...
... less learned than at any other time ; but of that middle race of students who read for pleasure or accomplishment , and who buy the numerous products of modern typography , the number was then comparatively small . To prove the paucity ...
Pagina 45
... less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shep- herd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what has ...
... less display knowledge , or less exercise invention , than to tell how a shep- herd has lost his companion , and must now feed his flocks alone , without any judge of his skill in piping ; and how one god asks another god what has ...
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