The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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... ment of fortune , left his station at Christ Church in Oxford , where he was prosecuting his studies , and sought the means of subsist- ence in London , from the profession of a scrivener ; a profession which , in those days , united ...
... ment of fortune , left his station at Christ Church in Oxford , where he was prosecuting his studies , and sought the means of subsist- ence in London , from the profession of a scrivener ; a profession which , in those days , united ...
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... ment , which Milton is asserted to have suf- fered , may be regarded as undeserving of no- tice . It was told , as we are informed , with the pretence that it came from himself or from some of his near relations , by Aubrey to Wood ...
... ment , which Milton is asserted to have suf- fered , may be regarded as undeserving of no- tice . It was told , as we are informed , with the pretence that it came from himself or from some of his near relations , by Aubrey to Wood ...
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... ment !!! The story then of the corporal cor- rection , which has been raised into so much false importance , seems to rest on too airy a foundation to be worthy of our regard . Of its admission , however , as true , we cannot perceive ...
... ment !!! The story then of the corporal cor- rection , which has been raised into so much false importance , seems to rest on too airy a foundation to be worthy of our regard . Of its admission , however , as true , we cannot perceive ...
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... ment . Of these poems , which are nearly equal in merit , the fifth , written in the author's twentieth year on the return of spring , and the sixth , addressed in his twenty - first year to his friend Deodati , seem to be entitled to ...
... ment . Of these poems , which are nearly equal in merit , the fifth , written in the author's twentieth year on the return of spring , and the sixth , addressed in his twenty - first year to his friend Deodati , seem to be entitled to ...
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... better to prefer a blameless silence before the office of speaking bought and begun with servitude and forswearing . " Reasons of Church Gov. P. W. v . i . p . 123 . prefer the range of the world to the confine- ment 52 LIFE OF MILTON .
... better to prefer a blameless silence before the office of speaking bought and begun with servitude and forswearing . " Reasons of Church Gov. P. W. v . i . p . 123 . prefer the range of the world to the confine- ment 52 LIFE OF MILTON .
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