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Page ix
If any man should affect to see more deeply into my bosom than I profess to see myself ; or to detect an ambush of mischief which I have been studious to cover from observation , that man will be the object , not of my resentment ...
If any man should affect to see more deeply into my bosom than I profess to see myself ; or to detect an ambush of mischief which I have been studious to cover from observation , that man will be the object , not of my resentment ...
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Some mistakes , however , have unaccountably escaped the vigilance of observation . Of these the most iinportant are the following : the rest , as it is presumed , are of a nature easily to be corrected by the reader , and are too ...
Some mistakes , however , have unaccountably escaped the vigilance of observation . Of these the most iinportant are the following : the rest , as it is presumed , are of a nature easily to be corrected by the reader , and are too ...
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But when , after a lapse of years sufficient to . obliterate the very deepest trace of temporary interest , we observe the activity of pas , sion stagnating into the sullenness of rancour ; and see these heroes of our race subjected to ...
But when , after a lapse of years sufficient to . obliterate the very deepest trace of temporary interest , we observe the activity of pas , sion stagnating into the sullenness of rancour ; and see these heroes of our race subjected to ...
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Ardent in his love of knowledge , he was regardless , as we have observed , of pleasure , and even of health , when they came into competition with the prevailing passion of his soul ; and we are consequently not much surprised by the ...
Ardent in his love of knowledge , he was regardless , as we have observed , of pleasure , and even of health , when they came into competition with the prevailing passion of his soul ; and we are consequently not much surprised by the ...
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... of genius hurrying into excessive gratification , it scarcely presents us with one , under the influence of the same 1 19 re U1 220 S1 710 ur che all lisbe y Milton talks in the same straip : he from feeling and I from observation .
... of genius hurrying into excessive gratification , it scarcely presents us with one , under the influence of the same 1 19 re U1 220 S1 710 ur che all lisbe y Milton talks in the same straip : he from feeling and I from observation .
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Bibliographic information
| 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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