The Life of John MiltonG. and W. B. Whittaker, 1970 - 490 pages |
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Page 101
... reader , perhaps , may wish that these suggestions had been more numerous , and of greater comprehension . At a period long subsequent to the first publication of this work , I suc- ceeded in procuring a copy of Mr. J. Sterling's poems ...
... reader , perhaps , may wish that these suggestions had been more numerous , and of greater comprehension . At a period long subsequent to the first publication of this work , I suc- ceeded in procuring a copy of Mr. J. Sterling's poems ...
Page 191
... reader , that this ornament of the English nobility , ( Henry Howard , eldest son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk , ) fell a victim , in the flower of his age , to the jealousy of that capricious and remorseless tyrant , Henry VIII . When I ...
... reader , that this ornament of the English nobility , ( Henry Howard , eldest son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk , ) fell a victim , in the flower of his age , to the jealousy of that capricious and remorseless tyrant , Henry VIII . When I ...
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... reader , what sense you can , ) “ he listened no longer to the wild and native wood - notes of ' fancy's sweetest child . ' In his Iconoclastes he censures King Charles for studying One whom we know was the closet companion of his ...
... reader , what sense you can , ) “ he listened no longer to the wild and native wood - notes of ' fancy's sweetest child . ' In his Iconoclastes he censures King Charles for studying One whom we know was the closet companion of his ...
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