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" ... to inbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of virtue and public civility, to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune ; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness,... "
The Christian Spectator - Page 545
1827
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John Milton: 1628-1731

John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 292 pages
...right tune, to celebrate in glorious and lofty Hymns the throne and equipage of Gods Almightinesse, and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought with high providence in his Church, to sing the victorious agonies of Martyrs and Saints, the deeds and triumphs of just and pious Nations doing...
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Milton, Authorship, and the Book Trade

Stephen B. Dobranski - 1999 - 276 pages
..."to imbreed and cherish in a great people the seeds of vertu, and publick civility" and "to sing the victorious agonies of Martyrs and Saints, the deeds...valiantly through faith against the enemies of Christ" (CP 1: 816-17). Poets ought not to isolate themselves, according to Milton, but instead should fulfill,...
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The Major Works

John Milton - 2003 - 1012 pages
...right tune; to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought with high providence in his church; to sing the victorious agonies of martyrs and saints, the deeds and triumphs of just and pious nations doing...
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Milton: Paradise Lost

David Loewenstein - 2004 - 160 pages
...fulfill the critical aim of the prophetic poet, announced in his Reason of ChurchGovernment (1642). "to deplore the general relapses of Kingdoms and States from justice and Gods true worship" (YP 1:81 7). Moreover, through a series of challenging historical lessons, Adam...
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Delirious Milton: The Fate of the Poet in Modernity

Gordon Teskey - 2006 - 238 pages
...the might and prestige of Portugal in the dust."16 None of what Milton had once fervently hailed as "the deeds and triumphs of just and pious nations...valiantly through faith against the enemies of Christ" (YP 1:816-817) will bear very close scrutiny, as Milton learned in his study of British history and...
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