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On the completion , however , of my work , I discovered , and not without some satisfaction , that my life of Milton was yet to wait for its associate volumes from the press , and consequently that I had contracted no obligations for ...
On the completion , however , of my work , I discovered , and not without some satisfaction , that my life of Milton was yet to wait for its associate volumes from the press , and consequently that I had contracted no obligations for ...
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His promise of future excellence was made , as we are assured , at a very early périod ; and the advantages , which he derived from the attentions of a father , so qualified as his , to discover and to appreciate genius ...
His promise of future excellence was made , as we are assured , at a very early périod ; and the advantages , which he derived from the attentions of a father , so qualified as his , to discover and to appreciate genius ...
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What interpretation then are we to assign to those expressions in the elegy to Deodati , which certainly refer to some compulsive absence of the young student from his college , and which discover no fondness in the poet for the society ...
What interpretation then are we to assign to those expressions in the elegy to Deodati , which certainly refer to some compulsive absence of the young student from his college , and which discover no fondness in the poet for the society ...
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... confirmation of this tale , which Mr. Warton , with dry positiveness , and Dr. Johnson , with the insult of affected concern , have pretended to discover in that expression of the last cited verses , E E I S " Cæteraque , " & c .
... confirmation of this tale , which Mr. Warton , with dry positiveness , and Dr. Johnson , with the insult of affected concern , have pretended to discover in that expression of the last cited verses , E E I S " Cæteraque , " & c .
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In the seven years of his academical life , however he might complain of the rushy marshes and the naked banks of the Cam , ” as unfriendly to the Muses , he discovered that neither “ soft shades , " nor a retirement from 66 the murmur ...
In the seven years of his academical life , however he might complain of the rushy marshes and the naked banks of the Cam , ” as unfriendly to the Muses , he discovered that neither “ soft shades , " nor a retirement from 66 the murmur ...
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| Title | The Life of John Milton |
| Author | Charles Symmons |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Nichols and Son, 1806 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 20 Jan 2011 |
| Length | 566 pages |
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