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Candour now requires me to speak of the literary assistance of which I have availed myself . If any vanity yet lingered in my bosom , in which every animating passion is nearly extinct , I might abundantly gratify the weakness by ...
Candour now requires me to speak of the literary assistance of which I have availed myself . If any vanity yet lingered in my bosom , in which every animating passion is nearly extinct , I might abundantly gratify the weakness by ...
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however , or find a strong and bright resemblance of her in my own country , I feel that I am not summoned to propitiate duty with the sacrifice of prudence , and that , conscious of speaking honestly , I can enjoy the satisfaction of ...
however , or find a strong and bright resemblance of her in my own country , I feel that I am not summoned to propitiate duty with the sacrifice of prudence , and that , conscious of speaking honestly , I can enjoy the satisfaction of ...
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It is but fair to state , that I owe my acquaintance with Aubrey principally to Mr. Warton , who speaks of the “ Monumenta Britannica , " as a very solid and rational work , and vindicates Aubrey from the charge of fantastical , except ...
It is but fair to state , that I owe my acquaintance with Aubrey principally to Mr. Warton , who speaks of the “ Monumenta Britannica , " as a very solid and rational work , and vindicates Aubrey from the charge of fantastical , except ...
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... impute the banishment , of which he speaks , to the want of pecuniary supplies for his maintenance at the University ; and the example of Gray may instract us , that it is possible for a man of genius and of taste to 1 The slander ...
... impute the banishment , of which he speaks , to the want of pecuniary supplies for his maintenance at the University ; and the example of Gray may instract us , that it is possible for a man of genius and of taste to 1 The slander ...
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When in the verses written " At a solemni Musick , " we read the following lines , where , speaking of the wedded sounds of the harmonious sisters , Voice and Verse , the young poet says that they are Dead things with inbreathed sense ...
When in the verses written " At a solemni Musick , " we read the following lines , where , speaking of the wedded sounds of the harmonious sisters , Voice and Verse , the young poet says that they are Dead things with inbreathed sense ...
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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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