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Of the family of Milton nothing more is known than that it was respectable and antient ; long resident at 3 5 1 Milton , ' in Oxfordshire ; and possessed of property. spects , his merit as the biographer of our great Poet is certainly ...
Of the family of Milton nothing more is known than that it was respectable and antient ; long resident at 3 5 1 Milton , ' in Oxfordshire ; and possessed of property. spects , his merit as the biographer of our great Poet is certainly ...
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He was personally acquainted with our poet , and from him , Wood professes to derive the materials of his account of Milton . It is but fair to state , that I owe my acquaintance with Aubrey principally to Mr. Warton , who speaks of the ...
He was personally acquainted with our poet , and from him , Wood professes to derive the materials of his account of Milton . It is but fair to state , that I owe my acquaintance with Aubrey principally to Mr. Warton , who speaks of the ...
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We may imagine with what pleasure a father would read the following elegant compliment to his own peculiar talent , from the pen of his accomplished and poetic son . Nec tú Munere , mille sonos numeros componis ad aptos , Millibys.
We may imagine with what pleasure a father would read the following elegant compliment to his own peculiar talent , from the pen of his accomplished and poetic son . Nec tú Munere , mille sonos numeros componis ad aptos , Millibys.
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then wonder not A poet - child should be by you begot : My kindred blood is warm with kindred flame ; And the son treads his father's track to fame . Phæbus controlls us with a common sway ; To you commends his lyre , -- to me his lay ...
then wonder not A poet - child should be by you begot : My kindred blood is warm with kindred flame ; And the son treads his father's track to fame . Phæbus controlls us with a common sway ; To you commends his lyre , -- to me his lay ...
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In the same year , however , we find him on the continent , and followed by the affection and gratitude of his pupil , in a latin elegy of much beauty and poetic merit . But at whatever period Young retired to the continent ...
In the same year , however , we find him on the continent , and followed by the affection and gratitude of his pupil , in a latin elegy of much beauty and poetic merit . But at whatever period Young retired to the continent ...
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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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