Download or read book A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, Both English and Latin, Vol. 1 of 3 written by John Milton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-21 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Complete Collection of the Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous Works of John Milton, Both English and Latin, Vol. 1 of 3: With Som Papers Never Before Publish'd; To Which Is Prefix'd the Life of the Author, Containing, Besides the History of His Works, Several Extraordinary Characters of Men and Books, Sects, Parties and Opinions I did but promt the Age to quit their Clogs By the known Rules Of antient Liberty, ' When liraight a barbarous Noife environs me Of Owls, and Cuckoos, Affes, Apes, and Dogs As when thofe Hinds that were transform'd to Frogs Rail'd at Latorta's twinborn Progeny, Which alter held the Sun and Moon in fee. But this is got by calling Pearls to Hogs, That baul for Freedom in their fenllefs mood, And liill revolt when Truth would fet them free. Licence they mean, when they cry Liberty For who loves that, mull firli be wife and good: But from that mark how far they roave we fee, For all this walle Of Wealth and lofs of Blood. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.