The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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... Paradise Lost , " has engaged too much of the attention of his spe- cies not to invite their curiosity to the cir- cumstances of his life , and the peculiarities of his character . His biographers have been numerous ; and every source ...
... Paradise Lost , " has engaged too much of the attention of his spe- cies not to invite their curiosity to the cir- cumstances of his life , and the peculiarities of his character . His biographers have been numerous ; and every source ...
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... Paradise Lost . * On the 12th of february 1624-5 , he was entered a pensioner at Christ's college , Cam- bridge ; and was committed to the tuition of Mr. William Chappel , the reputed author of the " Whole of Duty of Man , " and ...
... Paradise Lost . * On the 12th of february 1624-5 , he was entered a pensioner at Christ's college , Cam- bridge ; and was committed to the tuition of Mr. William Chappel , the reputed author of the " Whole of Duty of Man , " and ...
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... Paradise Lost . We 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 .
... Paradise Lost . We 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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... Paradise Lost : The swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling , proudly rows Her state with oary feet.- i . e . the swan with arched neck , between the mantling of her white wings , proudly rows her canopy , ( her head and ...
... Paradise Lost : The swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling , proudly rows Her state with oary feet.- i . e . the swan with arched neck , between the mantling of her white wings , proudly rows her canopy , ( her head and ...
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... Paradise Lost . If this supposition be just , it must be the subject of our surprise , as it is of our regret , that a system , which , resolving the phænomena of the heavens with so much simplicity , would enforce the conviction of any ...
... Paradise Lost . If this supposition be just , it must be the subject of our surprise , as it is of our regret , that a system , which , resolving the phænomena of the heavens with so much simplicity , would enforce the conviction of any ...
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