The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 11
... receiving , in that admirable latin poem , which is addressed to him , the fullest evidence of the learning , genius , taste , piety , and grati- tude , which had unfolded under his eye ! How pleased must he have been to accept ...
... receiving , in that admirable latin poem , which is addressed to him , the fullest evidence of the learning , genius , taste , piety , and grati- tude , which had unfolded under his eye ! How pleased must he have been to accept ...
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... received in this in- stance as possessing any weight ? On the value of that confirmation of this tale , which Mr. Warton , with dry positiveness , and Dr. Johnson , with the insult of affected concern , have pretended to discover in ...
... received in this in- stance as possessing any weight ? On the value of that confirmation of this tale , which Mr. Warton , with dry positiveness , and Dr. Johnson , with the insult of affected concern , have pretended to discover in ...
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... have already no- ticed , on the testimony of Aubrey , which may be received as to the fact in question , that Milton was a poet when he was only erince ten years old ; and his translation of the 136th 36 LIFE OF MILTON .
... have already no- ticed , on the testimony of Aubrey , which may be received as to the fact in question , that Milton was a poet when he was only erince ten years old ; and his translation of the 136th 36 LIFE OF MILTON .
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... receiving into its bosom the contributory waters of a thousand regi- ons , preserves its course , its name , and its character entire . With Milton , from what- ever mine the ore may originally be derived , the coin issues from his own ...
... receiving into its bosom the contributory waters of a thousand regi- ons , preserves its course , its name , and its character entire . With Milton , from what- ever mine the ore may originally be derived , the coin issues from his own ...
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... received as the indisputable natives of our island ; and they cannot be considered as born after their parent's return from the continent , when his talents were withdrawn from the Muses ; and when , immersed in the capital and in ...
... received as the indisputable natives of our island ; and they cannot be considered as born after their parent's return from the continent , when his talents were withdrawn from the Muses ; and when , immersed in the capital and in ...
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