John Milton
Published: 2018-01-20
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Excerpt from The Prose Works of John Milton, Vol. 1 of 7: With a Life of the Author, Interspersed With Translations and Critical Remarks Vicesvices mutt prevent me from entertaining any fufpicion of your forgetfulnefs or negleet. Nor do I fee how you could poflibly forget one on whom you had conferred fo many favours. Having an invitation into your part of the country in the fpring, I (hall readily accept it, that I may enjoy the delicioufnefs of the fcafon as well as that of your converfation; and that I may withdraw myfelf for a thort time from the tumult of the city to your rural manfion, as to the renowned portico of Zeno or Tufculan of Tully, where you live on your little farm with a moderate fortune, but a princely mind and where you praetife the contempt, and triumph over the temptations of ambition, pomp, luxury, and all that fol lows the chariot of fortune, or attracts the gaze and ad miration of the thoughtlefs multitude. I hope that you who deprecated the blame of delay, will pardon me for my precipitance; for, after deferring this letter to the latt, I chofe rather to write a few lines, however de ficient in elegance, than to fay nothing at all. Adieu, reverend fir. 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.