The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page vii
... heart , has lost the great endearment of existence ; the exhilaration of his cheerful and the solace of his melancholy hour . Candour now requires me to speak of the literary assistance of which I have availed myself . If any vanity yet ...
... heart , has lost the great endearment of existence ; the exhilaration of his cheerful and the solace of his melancholy hour . Candour now requires me to speak of the literary assistance of which I have availed myself . If any vanity yet ...
Page ix
... heart , and to that I shall contentedly resign him after expressing a simple perhaps , but certainly a sincere wish for his relief from what may justly be considered as the severest of human evils . - I belong to a fallible species ...
... heart , and to that I shall contentedly resign him after expressing a simple perhaps , but certainly a sincere wish for his relief from what may justly be considered as the severest of human evils . - I belong to a fallible species ...
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... heart of a parent would be that effusion of filial affection , with which the poem concludes . At tibi , chare pater , postquam non æqua merenti Posse referre datur , nec dona rependere factis , Sit memorasse satis , repetitaque munera ...
... heart of a parent would be that effusion of filial affection , with which the poem concludes . At tibi , chare pater , postquam non æqua merenti Posse referre datur , nec dona rependere factis , Sit memorasse satis , repetitaque munera ...
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... heart ; and he would naturally be solicitous to stamp upon the tender bosom of his son that conviction and feeling of duty , which were impressed so deeply on his own . He intended , indeed , to consecrate his son to the ministry of the ...
... heart ; and he would naturally be solicitous to stamp upon the tender bosom of his son that conviction and feeling of duty , which were impressed so deeply on his own . He intended , indeed , to consecrate his son to the ministry of the ...
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... heart of Jove ! Stoop , Persian dames ! your structured foreheads low ! Ye Grecian , Dardan , Roman damsels , bow ! And thou , Tarpeian poet , * cease to boast Thy Pompey's porch , and theatre's bright host . Let foreign nymphs the ...
... heart of Jove ! Stoop , Persian dames ! your structured foreheads low ! Ye Grecian , Dardan , Roman damsels , bow ! And thou , Tarpeian poet , * cease to boast Thy Pompey's porch , and theatre's bright host . Let foreign nymphs the ...
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