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The table-talk of John Selden, with a biogr. preface and notes by S.W. Singer - Page xliii
by John Selden - 1856
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Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate ...

Francis Blackburne - Education - 1780 - 408 pages
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REMARKS ON JOHNSON'S LIFE OF MILTON.

Francis Blackburne - 1780 - 444 pages
...to occafions of evill. Bad meats will fcarce breed good nourifhment in the healthieft conception ; but herein the difference is of bad books, that they to a difcreet and judicious Reader ferve in many refpects to difcover, to confute, to forewarn, and to illuftrate....
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...not unapplicable to occafions of evil. Bad meats will fcarce breed good nourifhment in the healthiefl concoction ; but herein the difference is of bad books, that they to a difcreet and judicious reader ferve in many refpects to difcover. to confute, to forewarn, and to illuftrate....
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Flower's Political review and monthly register. (monthly ..., Volume 9

Benjamin Flower - 1811 - 578 pages
...scares hreed good nourishment in the healthiest concoction ; hut herein the difference is of had hooks, that they to a discreet and judicious reader serve...many respects to discover, to confute, to forewarn, and to illustrate. Whereof what hetter witness can ye expect I hoiilil produce, than one of your own...
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Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...unwholesome; and best books. to a naughty mind are not unapplicable to occasions of evil. Bad meats will scarce breed good nourishment in the healthiest...many respects to discover, to confute, to forewarn, and to illustrate. 'Whereof what better witness can ye expect I should produce, than one of your own...
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Occasional Essays on Various Subjects: Chiefly Political and Historical ...

Francis Maseres - Canada - 1809 - 638 pages
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The lives of J. Selden ... and abp. Usher

John Aikin - 1812 - 462 pages
...his treatise entitled " Areopagitica," addressed to the parliament, he has the following sentence : " Bad meals will scarce breed good nourishment in the...illustrate. Whereof what better witness can ye expect 1 should produce than one of your own now sitting in parliament, the chief of learned men reputed in...
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The Lives of John Selden, Esq., and Archbishop Usher: With Notices of the ...

John Aikin - Great Britain - 1812 - 468 pages
...his treatise entitled " Areopagitica," addressed to the parliament, he has the following sentence : " Bad meals will scarce breed good nourishment in the...discover," to confute, to forewarn, to illustrate. \Ahereofwhat better witness can ye expect 1 should produce than one of your own now sitting in parliament,...
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Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ...

John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1819 - 484 pages
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A Selection from the English Prose Works of John Milton, Volume 2

John Milton - 1826 - 368 pages
...unwholesome; and best books to a naughty mind are not unapplicable to occasions of evil. Bad meats will scarce breed good nourishment in the healthiest...many respects to discover, to confute, to forewarn, and to illustrate ; whereof what better witness can ye expect I should produce, than one of your own...
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