And if by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of Him who all things can, I would not cease… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Who can in reason then or right assume monarchy over such as live by right his equals, if in power or splendor… — John Milton Copy Share Image
If all the world Should in a pet of temp'rance, feed on pulse, Drink the clear stream, and nothing wear but frieze,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock… — John Milton Copy Share Image
If at great things thou would'st arrive, Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap, Not difficult, if thou hearken to me;… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Hail universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good; and if the night Have gathered aught of evil or concealed,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
This horror will grow mild, this darkness light; Besides what hope the never-ending flight Of future days may bring, what chance, what… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The very essence of truth is plainness and brightness; the darkness and crookedness is our own. The wisdom of God created understanding,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
We should be wary what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might… — John Milton Copy Share Image
...it ought not to appear wonderful if many, both Jews and others, who lived before Christ, and many also who have lived… — John Milton Copy Share Image
For such kind of borrowing as this, if it be not bettered by the borrowers, among good authors is accounted Plagiarè. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Therefore, if at great things thou wouldst arrive, Get riches first, get wealth. — John Milton Copy Share Image
If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Thrones, dominions, princedoms, virtues, powers-- If these magnific titles yet remain Not merely titular. — John Milton Copy Share Image
What if Earth be but the shadow of Heaven and things therein - each other like, more than on Earth is thought? — John Milton Copy Share Image
Knowledge cannot defile, nor consequently the books, if the will and conscience be not defiled. — John Milton Copy Share Image
If it come to prohibiting, there is aught more likely to be prohibited than truth itself. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
If we think we regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all regulations and pastimes, all that is delightful to… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare, more apt To slacken virtue, and abate… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy… — John Milton Copy Share Image
When the new light which we beg for shines in upon us, there be [those] who envy and oppose, if it come… — John Milton Copy Share Image
And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used… — John Milton Copy Share Image
As children gath'ring pebbles on the shore. Or if I would delight my private hours With music or with poem, where so… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Aristotle ... imputed this symphony of the heavens ... this music of the spheres to Pythagorus. ... But Pythagoras alone of mortals… — John Milton Copy Share Image
If the will, which in the law of our nature, were withdrawn from our memory, fancy, understanding, and reason, no other hell… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Impostor; do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance; she, good cateress,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted… — John Milton Copy Share Image
If by prayer Incessant I could hope to change the will Of him who all things can, I would not cease To… — John Milton Copy Share Image
... then there was war in heaven. But it was not angels. It was that small golden zeppelin, like a long oval… — John Milton Copy Share Image
There is no learned man but will confess be hath much profited by reading controversies,--his senses awakened, his judgment sharpened, and the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
From Man or Angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge, His secrets, to be scanned by them who… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Is it just or reasonable, that most voices against the main end of government should enslave the less number that would be… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn. — John Milton Copy Share Image
What better can we do than prostrate fall before Him reverent, and there confess humbly our faults, and pardon beg with tears watering the… — John Milton Copy Share Image
And, when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine. — John Milton Copy Share Image
And, re-assembling our afflicted powers, consult how we may henceforth most offend. — John Milton Copy Share Image
Yet hold it more humane, more heav'nly, first, By winning words to conquer willing hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear. — John Milton Copy Share Image
O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still; Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart dost… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Knowledge forbidden? Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their Lord Envy them that? Can it be sin to know, Can it be death? And do they… — John Milton Copy Share Image
These eyes, tho' clear To outward view of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot, Nor to their idle orbs… — John Milton Copy Share Image
And what is faith, love, virtue unassayed Alone, without exterior help sustained? — John Milton Copy Share Image
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