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Page vii
If any passages , then , in the present life of Milton , should be noticed by the reader for peculiar deficiency in composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a ...
If any passages , then , in the present life of Milton , should be noticed by the reader for peculiar deficiency in composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a ...
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The passage , which I shall cite as worthy of the reader's atten , tion , is in the “ Apology for Smectymnuus . " After mentioning the charge which we have already noticed , our author proceeds :“ ' For which commodious lie , that he ...
The passage , which I shall cite as worthy of the reader's atten , tion , is in the “ Apology for Smectymnuus . " After mentioning the charge which we have already noticed , our author proceeds :“ ' For which commodious lie , that he ...
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passage , or rather has drawn a conclusion not warranted by his premises . He says that Milton declares himself weary of enduring « the threats of a rigorous master , and something else , which a temper like his cannot undergo .
passage , or rather has drawn a conclusion not warranted by his premises . He says that Milton declares himself weary of enduring « the threats of a rigorous master , and something else , which a temper like his cannot undergo .
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... and we are assured , by more than one passage in his own works , that he looked with no friendly eye either on the plan of education ? observed in the University , or on the learning and the conduct of its members . We may con.
... and we are assured , by more than one passage in his own works , that he looked with no friendly eye either on the plan of education ? observed in the University , or on the learning and the conduct of its members . We may con.
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... And the cherubic host in thousand quires Touch their immortal harps of golden wires , & c . we acknowledge some touches of the Paradise Lost ; and from the following passage of the “ Vacation Exercise " we may infer some slight ...
... And the cherubic host in thousand quires Touch their immortal harps of golden wires , & c . we acknowledge some touches of the Paradise Lost ; and from the following passage of the “ Vacation Exercise " we may infer some slight ...
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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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