English Prose: Milton to GrayOxford University Press, 1932 |
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... virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil , and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers , and rejects it , is but a blank virtue , not a pure ; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness ...
... virtue therefore which is but a youngling in the contemplation of evil , and knows not the utmost that vice promises to her followers , and rejects it , is but a blank virtue , not a pure ; her whiteness is but an excremental whiteness ...
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... virtue , which is the true nobility . When I had closed Chaucer , I returned to Ovid , and translated some more of his fables ; and by this time had so far forgotten ' The Wife of Bath's Tale ' , that , when I took up Boccace , unawares ...
... virtue , which is the true nobility . When I had closed Chaucer , I returned to Ovid , and translated some more of his fables ; and by this time had so far forgotten ' The Wife of Bath's Tale ' , that , when I took up Boccace , unawares ...
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... virtue and a good mind , considered in themselves , and as leading to different courses of life ; there can , I say , be no doubt , which temper and which course is attended with most peace and tranquillity of mind , which with most ...
... virtue and a good mind , considered in themselves , and as leading to different courses of life ; there can , I say , be no doubt , which temper and which course is attended with most peace and tranquillity of mind , which with most ...
Contents
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 1 |
THOMAS URQUHART 16111660 | 26 |
JEREMY TAYLOR 16131667 | 40 |
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