The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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... fortune alone of a female , who had married into it , preserved it at this crisis from indi- gence . The first individual of the family , of whom any thing is mentioned , is John Mil- ton , the grandfather of our author ; and of him we ...
... fortune alone of a female , who had married into it , preserved it at this crisis from indi- gence . The first individual of the family , of whom any thing is mentioned , is John Mil- ton , the grandfather of our author ; and of him we ...
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... fortune , to Mr. Edward Philips , a native of Shrewsbury ; who coming young to London obtained , in a course of years , the lucrative place of se- condary in the Crown Office in Chancery : of the children , which she had by him , only ...
... fortune , to Mr. Edward Philips , a native of Shrewsbury ; who coming young to London obtained , in a course of years , the lucrative place of se- condary in the Crown Office in Chancery : of the children , which she had by him , only ...
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... fortunes wrong , - Accept , for all , the record of my song : O take the love , that strives to be express'd ! O take the thanks , that live within my breast ! And you sweet triflings of my youthful state , If strains , like you , can ...
... fortunes wrong , - Accept , for all , the record of my song : O take the love , that strives to be express'd ! O take the thanks , that live within my breast ! And you sweet triflings of my youthful state , If strains , like you , can ...
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Charles Symmons. bo shire , where his father lived on a competent fortune , which he had acquired by his bu- siness . That Milton quitted the University without obtaining a fellowship has been sug- gested as a proof of the disapprobation ...
Charles Symmons. bo shire , where his father lived on a competent fortune , which he had acquired by his bu- siness . That Milton quitted the University without obtaining a fellowship has been sug- gested as a proof of the disapprobation ...
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... fortune ruined ; his k « Anguiferos rietûs , " is certainly an inaccurate expression . Vipereos rietus , if the verse had permitted it , would have been unexceptionable . " Calumnia " is , I fear , the property of prose rather than of ...
... fortune ruined ; his k « Anguiferos rietûs , " is certainly an inaccurate expression . Vipereos rietus , if the verse had permitted it , would have been unexceptionable . " Calumnia " is , I fear , the property of prose rather than of ...
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