 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 526 pages
...fpoken fpoken with fo little referve on matters of religion. When I was preparing to pafs over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which...of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpofe ; for I thought it bafe to be travelling for amufement abroad, while my fellow citizens were... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 524 pages
...my purpofe ; for I thought it bafe to be travelling for amufement abroad, while my fellow citizens were fighting for liberty at home. While I was on my way back to Rome, fome merchants informed me that the Engliih jefuits had formed a plot againft me if I returned to Rome,... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 1044 pages
...I had spoken with so little reserve on matters of religion. When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which...base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow citizens were fighting for liberty at home. While I was on my way back to Rome, some merchants... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1836 - 336 pages
...personal beauty he has made immortal. Suddenly a sound from England arrested his further travel. " I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad while my fellow citizens were fighting for liberty at home." He returned, and from that hour devoted his services... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1846 - 800 pages
...prominent and powerful a champion. " I was preparing," says he, " to pass over into Sicily and Greece, when the melancholy intelligence which I received of the...fellow-citizens were fighting for liberty at home."]: On his return to England, Milton found his countrymen hostilely arrayed against each other, and amongst... | |
 | Robert Aspland - 1846 - 798 pages
...prominent and powerful a champion. " I was preparing," says he, " to pass over into Sicily and Greece, when the melancholy intelligence which I received of the...while my fellow-citizens were fighting for liberty at home."J On his return to England, Milton found his countrymen hostilely arrayed against each other,... | |
 | 1856 - 666 pages
...reason for not doing so he shall state in his own noble words : " When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which...thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad when my fellow-citizens were lighting for liberty at home." This sentence gives us a glimpse of the... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 256 pages
...had spoken with so little reserve on matters of religion. " When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which...fighting for liberty at home. While I was on my way * Librarian of the Vatican. back to Rome, some merchants informed me that the English Jesuits had formed... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 374 pages
...drew him back from what had been the cherished purpose of his soul. " I thought it base," he says, " to be travelling for amusement abroad while my fellow-citizens were fighting for liberty at home." And with probably a few natural sighs and wistful looks cast to the east, he turned his steps and went... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 370 pages
...drew him back from what had been the cherished purpose of his soul. " I thought it base," he says, " to be travelling for amusement abroad while my fellow-citizens were fighting for liberty at home." And with probably a few natural sighs and wistful looks cast to the east, he turned his steps and went... | |
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When I was preparing to pass over into Sicily and Greece, the melancholy intelligence which I received of the civil commotions in England made me alter my purpose ; for I thought it base to be travelling for amusement abroad, while my fellow-citizens... 
