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Page vii
... written by a father , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride of his heart , has lost the great endearment of existence ; the exhilaration of his cheerful and the solace of his melancholy hour .
... written by a father , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride of his heart , has lost the great endearment of existence ; the exhilaration of his cheerful and the solace of his melancholy hour .
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I shall be assured that he suffers the infliction of a perverted head or a corrupt 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 ...
I shall be assured that he suffers the infliction of a perverted head or a corrupt 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 ...
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This must have been most acceptable ; and yet , perhaps , more gratifying to the heart of a parent would be that effusion of filial affection , with which the poem concludes . tion was committed to the care of Mr. Thomas Young.
This must have been most acceptable ; and yet , perhaps , more gratifying to the heart of a parent would be that effusion of filial affection , with which the poem concludes . tion was committed to the care of Mr. Thomas Young.
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... it might be regarded as not open to attack , and in no way to be made the subject of malevolence : it was indebted , however , for its immunity to other circumstances , perhaps , than to those of its innocence and excellence .
... it might be regarded as not open to attack , and in no way to be made the subject of malevolence : it was indebted , however , for its immunity to other circumstances , perhaps , than to those of its innocence and excellence .
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... perhaps , to quit the banquet of his intellect or his imagination on the page of Plato or of Homer , for the barren fatigue of translating a sermon , or of throwing on his memory some cumbrous pages of scholastic divinity .
... perhaps , to quit the banquet of his intellect or his imagination on the page of Plato or of Homer , for the barren fatigue of translating a sermon , or of throwing on his memory some cumbrous pages of scholastic divinity .
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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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