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Page 130
... kind of homicide may be thus committed , sometimes a martyrdom , and if it extend to the whole im- pression , a kind of massacre , whereof the exe- cution ends not in the slaying of an elemental life , but strikes at that etherial and ...
... kind of homicide may be thus committed , sometimes a martyrdom , and if it extend to the whole im- pression , a kind of massacre , whereof the exe- cution ends not in the slaying of an elemental life , but strikes at that etherial and ...
Page 167
... , unexpectedly constrained to that kind of com- bat , they prove but weak and puny adversa- Milton's haughty disdain of his opponent is here superbly expressed . ries . Nevertheless for their sakes who , through custom OF JOHN MILTON . 167.
... , unexpectedly constrained to that kind of com- bat , they prove but weak and puny adversa- Milton's haughty disdain of his opponent is here superbly expressed . ries . Nevertheless for their sakes who , through custom OF JOHN MILTON . 167.
Page 184
... kind , indulgent , and paternal love . " * " This great display of intellectual power was received with the plaudit of the world ; and as the author's name was not in any wide celebrity out of his own country , the general surprise was ...
... kind , indulgent , and paternal love . " * " This great display of intellectual power was received with the plaudit of the world ; and as the author's name was not in any wide celebrity out of his own country , the general surprise was ...
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