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take off their packsaddles ,, t ; heir day ' s work i ^ done , and Episcopacy , as . they , think , stoutly yi pdica ^ e d . Let auy . gentl y a ^ refy eq sion , .. jjfyat can . <| i ^| $ jb g ^ s ^ learned pains jjr # ra , iinfearne < l dijudg ^ ry , ^ ni £ ^ ine , vyhja , t pleasure % % ? $$$%$ * nesa | an % iu ; tnis ffi whaJ ; honour to . deal . agajnst' such , adv ; eT ^ -i ^ . ^ u t y ^ e it thq ^ aneriMnders ^ ice , if Goa ^ y H ? s ^ etar . y cpwcie ^ c ^ ejwm ft ;
it were sad for me if I should dra \ vj > acJc ;; for me eapeQiailv , , now , w ^ en , aIL men tfflfef fft ejr aia to Hel p ^^ asg , and lightgii tbe ,.. ^ i . fl } iilt . ^> opi : s . oX ^ e j churcfc ^; ^ 0 ? e - : seEticK by tfie intentfona . , of {? ii ^ | # r ^ nts 5 anjj . f ^ gs ^ j J ? wa §;^ feSt ^ ed x > £ a ^ hi ^ >; ^^ min& QjYii ^ Ql J j ^ iQn 5 ;; , W . j conijng ^^ ome ; niatu ^ Jy of years , at ' ^ d . perceiyipg vvlja . t fji r ^ nny ^ ad yivaded Jfig ^ ppr ^^ tjbat j he vy ^ o would takeprders inust , subscribe sl ^ v ^ . Vaqd . tqf £$ ( qn Q&th ^ fha ]^ whicli , unless lie tpok witt a conscience that , ^ qula ^ r ^ ct ^ ^ straight pprjure or split his faith ; I thought it jb ^ tt er to pre ^^ ^^ injiess silence before tlie sacred office of * speaking , bought . ^ d peg ^^ w ^^ s ^^ u ^ fi , and forswearing . * ' * : " . " ¦ . . ¦ , : . : - .: -. : , . ' ; '' * i ] " , •¦ : < > ' ,,- ! ' ¦» - . •¦ , - / , ¦ . u . - ' .,
Milton * $ account of Ms studies * and theft * iMfouerice iifiori MscJidra&ert ' < c I had my tinae > readers , as others ! have who have good learrting b ^^ tAwei upon them , to be sent to those places ivhere ? fcbei opinion was 4 t' 5 ini ^ ht /^ be soonest attained ; and , as the manner is , was notsiutostudiedin tho ^ e / authors and
which are most commended , whereaf some were gra ^ e orators historians , whose matter methought I loved indeed ; but as my agethenywas , 30 I und ^ iv stood ; them ; others were the smc ^ thelegiac poets ; Iwheredfithe schools a ^ re not scarce , whom both for the pleasing sound of their numerous waiting , which in imitation I found most easy , and most agreeable * , to nature ' s part , in me , and for their matter , which whai it js ^ therevbefew whoJsno'w notytl wm so allured to read , that no recreation came to me better wel < 5 ome ! :-llprvt ! iffi ^' ife
was then those years with me which are excused * thougk they be tea ^ seyffe ^ I may be saved from the labour to remember ye * Whence bavjng ; o& $ e $$ eA them to account it the chief glory of their wit > in that tl ^ y-weaRe ab tet to judge , to praise , and by that could esteem themselves wortMestt to Jove , r $ l )^ se high perfections which , under one or other name , they took bo tide . UraJri . t ^ : I thought with myself , by every instinct and presage of . jnatuire > vvW ^ b b not wont to be false , that what emboldened them to ; this tasJc ^ itoighlisTVvith > such diligence as they used , embolden me ; and that what judgment , -wtt / * ov
elegance , was my share , would herein best appear , and best value itself ^ ? by haw much j more wisely , and with more love of virtue , ; I >« howlri choa ^^ Clet Ku 4 e ears be absent ) the object of not unlike praises .- fofi albeit Sth ^ tiiovigto to some ; will seem virtuous and commendable ^ to others only p&rdonaWe , / 1 oa third sort , perhaps , idle ; yet the mentioning of them now will end ai * serious . Nor blame it , readers , in tliose years to propose to them selves audh a . reward as the nobjest disposition above other things in this life have ; so « nte * inaes preferred : whereof ; not to &er sensible where good and fair in one person meet ; , argues both a ; gros& and ; shallow judgment , rand withal aa * ungentle and by of to
swaini ^ h breast : for the firm settling these persuasions * I foeotfmey my best memory , so much a proficient , that if I found those authors any where speaking unworth y things of themselves , or unchaste of those names which before they Md extolled ; this ^ , effect it wrouglit ^ y ith me , from that time forward their art I still applauded , but the men I deplored ; and , above them all , preferred the two famous renowners of Beatrice and Laura , who never write but honour of theui to whom they devote their verse , displaying sublime and pure thoughts , without transgression . r And long it was not after when I was confirmed in this opinion , that he whp woiil ^ not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter \ n laudable things , ougjit himself to be a true poem ; that is , a composition and pattern of the , best and ho no urab lest
¦ ; ' i ' , ^ I ' t' 1 1 11 . ! ? The Reason of Church Government urged against Prelaty . Book ii . Near the commencement .
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676 Autobiography of John Milton .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1830, page 676, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2589/page/20/
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