The Life of John MiltonG. and W. B. Whittaker, 1970 - 490 pages |
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... circumstance was not in the contemplation either of Salmasius or of Heinsius , that Milton has frequently sinned against the celebrated metrical canon ( advanced by Dawes , and acknowledged by the chief scholars of the present age ) ...
... circumstance was not in the contemplation either of Salmasius or of Heinsius , that Milton has frequently sinned against the celebrated metrical canon ( advanced by Dawes , and acknowledged by the chief scholars of the present age ) ...
Page 56
... circumstance of the Lady Alice having been separated from her com- pany in the night and having wandered for some time by herself in the forest of Haywood , as she was returning from a distant visit to meet her father , on his taking ...
... circumstance of the Lady Alice having been separated from her com- pany in the night and having wandered for some time by herself in the forest of Haywood , as she was returning from a distant visit to meet her father , on his taking ...
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... circumstance which he could discover respecting the object of his bio- graphy , relates that the author of the Paradise Lost , when he composed and dictated in the day , was accustomed " to sit , leaning backward , in an easy chair ...
... circumstance which he could discover respecting the object of his bio- graphy , relates that the author of the Paradise Lost , when he composed and dictated in the day , was accustomed " to sit , leaning backward , in an easy chair ...
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