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I belong to a fallible species , and am , probably , to be numbered with the most fallible of its individuals : but I am superior to fraud , and am too proud for concealment . Truth , religious , moral , and political , is what alone ...
I belong to a fallible species , and am , probably , to be numbered with the most fallible of its individuals : but I am superior to fraud , and am too proud for concealment . Truth , religious , moral , and political , is what alone ...
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... strong as we know it to have been , would probably have yielded to the shock ; and , prostrate before the Father of mercies , he would have poured his soul in solicitous supplication for the refuge of an early grave .
... strong as we know it to have been , would probably have yielded to the shock ; and , prostrate before the Father of mercies , he would have poured his soul in solicitous supplication for the refuge of an early grave .
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L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , therefore , were certainly written at Horton , and , probably , at no long period before the Lycidas , which was the last of our author's works while he resided with his father . They were unquestionably com ...
L'Allegro and Il Penseroso , therefore , were certainly written at Horton , and , probably , at no long period before the Lycidas , which was the last of our author's works while he resided with his father . They were unquestionably com ...
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Were we able to ascertain with precision all the circumstances of this interview between two extraordinary men , eminently raised above the level of their species by their talents and their attainments , we should probably acquire ...
Were we able to ascertain with precision all the circumstances of this interview between two extraordinary men , eminently raised above the level of their species by their talents and their attainments , we should probably acquire ...
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1 N It was probably at the Cardinal Barberini's concert , which we have mentioned , that Milton was first struck with the charms and inimitable voice of Leonora Baroni , which had been made. The classical reader need not be informed ...
1 N It was probably at the Cardinal Barberini's concert , which we have mentioned , that Milton was first struck with the charms and inimitable voice of Leonora Baroni , which had been made. The classical reader need not be informed ...
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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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