The Life of John MiltonG. and W. B. Whittaker, 1970 - 490 pages |
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Page 49
... less appear , That some more timely - happy spirits indu'th . Yet be it less or more , or soon or slow , It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot , however mean or high , Towards which time leads me , and the will of ...
... less appear , That some more timely - happy spirits indu'th . Yet be it less or more , or soon or slow , It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot , however mean or high , Towards which time leads me , and the will of ...
Page 429
... less likely than himself to obtain their just value . In his days the purchasers of books were few , when compared with those in ours ; and the number of the affluent , who expended large sums in literary curiosities , was still , per ...
... less likely than himself to obtain their just value . In his days the purchasers of books were few , when compared with those in ours ; and the number of the affluent , who expended large sums in literary curiosities , was still , per ...
Page 438
... less accurate than that of a few of his contemporaries or of some of the illustrious scho- lars of the present day , it was unquestionably not less extensive ; and it gave him full dominion of the historians , the poets , the orators ...
... less accurate than that of a few of his contemporaries or of some of the illustrious scho- lars of the present day , it was unquestionably not less extensive ; and it gave him full dominion of the historians , the poets , the orators ...
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