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... where he was prosecuting his studies , and sought the means of subsistence in London , from the profession of a scrivener ; a profession which , in those days , united the two businesses of the law , and the money - agent .
... where he was prosecuting his studies , and sought the means of subsistence in London , from the profession of a scrivener ; a profession which , in those days , united the two businesses of the law , and the money - agent .
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Every incitement to exertion , and every mode of instruction , adapted to the disposition and the powers of the child , were unquestionably employed ; and no means , as we may be certain , were omitted to expand the intellectual ...
Every incitement to exertion , and every mode of instruction , adapted to the disposition and the powers of the child , were unquestionably employed ; and no means , as we may be certain , were omitted to expand the intellectual ...
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have inferred that the son , who was made the object of so flattering a distinction by a father , in competent indeed , but by no means in affluent circumstances , could not have been a common child . “ Pater me puerulum humaniorum ...
have inferred that the son , who was made the object of so flattering a distinction by a father , in competent indeed , but by no means in affluent circumstances , could not have been a common child . “ Pater me puerulum humaniorum ...
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But if Milton , the religious and the studious Milton , were not censurable for his immoral irregularities , by what means , it may be asked , could he become obnoxious to the governours of his college ? We may answer without difficulty ...
But if Milton , the religious and the studious Milton , were not censurable for his immoral irregularities , by what means , it may be asked , could he become obnoxious to the governours of his college ? We may answer without difficulty ...
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can suggest our author as the object of positive punishment , ( of any thing more , we mean , than of those impositions , perhaps , which are injoined for trivial omissions , and trespasses against the college forms ) we must decide ...
can suggest our author as the object of positive punishment , ( of any thing more , we mean , than of those impositions , perhaps , which are injoined for trivial omissions , and trespasses against the college forms ) we must decide ...
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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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