...and he proposed to himself subjects, fitting for the exercise of those abilities, which, he says, " wheresoever they be found, are the inspired gift of...(though most abuse) in every nation ; and are of power, to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility ; to allay the perturbations...

...institutions of a country. " These noble studies," as Milton has said of kindred pursuits, "are of power to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility." They interpret the prophetic voices of the past, and by clothing each familiar spot. each rain, and...

...the same." In one of his prose works, Milton has the following reference to his poetical powers. " These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the...though most abuse, in every nation; and are of power, — to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue, and public civility, to allay the...

...the same." In one of his prose works, Milton has the following reference to his poetical powers. ' " These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the...though most abuse, in every nation ; and are of power, — to in breed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue, and public civility, to allay the...

...the same." In one of his prose works, Milton has the following reference to his poetical powers. " These abilities, wheresoever they be found, are the...some, though most abuse, in every nation; and are of power,—to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue, and public civility, to allay...

...reference to bis poetical powers. " These abilitiet, wheresoever they be found, arc the inspired gift af God rarely bestowed, but yet to some, though most abuse, in every nation ; and are of power, — to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue, and public civility, to allay the...

...Reason of Church Government,' he was preparing for some high work which should be of power " to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility; to allay the perturbation of the mind, and set the affections in right tune— * * * * a work not to be raised from...

...i Vol. II. P. 857. (', L«mb. Temple of the Infinite » in which he worships. « These « ahilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, but...are « of power, beside the office of a pulpit, to inbreed and che• rish in a great people, the seeds of virtue and public civi• lily, to allay the...

...Poetry ! " These abilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, and are of power to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility ; to allay the perturbation of the mind, and set the affections to a right tune; to celebrate in glorious and lofty...

...Poetry ! " These abilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed, and are of power to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility; to allay the perturbation of the mind, and set the affections to a right tune; to celebrate in glorious and lofty...