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If they should , therefore , unhappily be erroneous , my misfortune , as I fear , is hopelessly irremediable , for they are now so vitally blended with my thought and my feelings , that with them they must exist or must perish .
If they should , therefore , unhappily be erroneous , my misfortune , as I fear , is hopelessly irremediable , for they are now so vitally blended with my thought and my feelings , that with them they must exist or must perish .
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My translations , as I am conscious , stand in need of apology : they reflect indeed the thought of the original , but they reflect it.sometimes in a peculiar mode , and with images of their own . When I refuse , therefore , to accept ...
My translations , as I am conscious , stand in need of apology : they reflect indeed the thought of the original , but they reflect it.sometimes in a peculiar mode , and with images of their own . When I refuse , therefore , to accept ...
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... having been entered in 1624-5 , and having taken his bachelor's degree in 1628 ; and by the latter we are assured , that he was not only exempted from punishment at the University , Hither , ' tis thought , came wafted by her doves ...
... having been entered in 1624-5 , and having taken his bachelor's degree in 1628 ; and by the latter we are assured , that he was not only exempted from punishment at the University , Hither , ' tis thought , came wafted by her doves ...
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The fourth stanza of the hymn is the offspring , at once , of correct judgment , and of strong imagination ; and its merit is not lessened by the intrusion of a thought or a word , which the nicest critic would wish to be expelled .
The fourth stanza of the hymn is the offspring , at once , of correct judgment , and of strong imagination ; and its merit is not lessened by the intrusion of a thought or a word , which the nicest critic would wish to be expelled .
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May , the continuator and imitator of Lucan ; and Cowley , whose taste and thought are English and metaphysical while his verse walks upon Roman feet , will never , as I am confident , be placed in competition with our author by any ...
May , the continuator and imitator of Lucan ; and Cowley , whose taste and thought are English and metaphysical while his verse walks upon Roman feet , will never , as I am confident , be placed in competition with our author by any ...
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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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