The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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... composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a father , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride of his heart , has lost the great ...
... composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a father , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride of his heart , has lost the great ...
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Charles Symmons. civil war , he followed the royal standard ; and effected his composition with the victors only by the prevailing interest of his bro- ther . Christopher Milton is asserted , by his nephew Philips , to have been a person ...
Charles Symmons. civil war , he followed the royal standard ; and effected his composition with the victors only by the prevailing interest of his bro- ther . Christopher Milton is asserted , by his nephew Philips , to have been a person ...
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... in verse and prose with considerable taste ; and Mr. Warton mentions a latin epitaph from his pen , which bears testimony to the uncommon purity of his latin composition , C the limits of his own house for the four- e LIFE OF MILTON . 17.
... in verse and prose with considerable taste ; and Mr. Warton mentions a latin epitaph from his pen , which bears testimony to the uncommon purity of his latin composition , C the limits of his own house for the four- e LIFE OF MILTON . 17.
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... to his Comus . These compositions seem to be separated by nearly equal intervals , as well with respect to the time , as with reference to the power of their poetic . When the poet asks whether the object of LIFE OF MILTON . 37.
... to his Comus . These compositions seem to be separated by nearly equal intervals , as well with respect to the time , as with reference to the power of their poetic . When the poet asks whether the object of LIFE OF MILTON . 37.
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... composition , he adopts their taste with their language ; and , with the privilege , as with the ease of a native , assumes his station in their ranks . For fluency and sweetness of numbers ; for command and purity of expression ; for ...
... composition , he adopts their taste with their language ; and , with the privilege , as with the ease of a native , assumes his station in their ranks . For fluency and sweetness of numbers ; for command and purity of expression ; for ...
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