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" But much latelier in the private academies of Italy, whither I was favoured to resort, perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory, composed at under twenty or thereabout, (for the manner is, that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading... "
The North British review - Page 315
1852
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Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin

John Milton - 1785 - 698 pages
...Italy, whither I was favoured to refort, perceiving that fome trifles " which I had in memory, compofed at under twenty or thereabout " (for the manner is, that every one muft give a proof of his wit and " reading there) met with acceptance above what was looked for, and...
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The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series ...

William Godwin - 1797 - 508 pages
...Italy t whither I was favour'd to refort, perceiving that fome Trifles which I had in memory, compos'd at under twenty or thereabout (for the manner is, that every one muft give fome proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance above what was lookt for, and...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 92

1850 - 638 pages
...good herein would convince our unthankfulness.' — Hooker's Dedicatory Epistle. ' But much latelier in the private academies of Italy, whither I was favoured...which I had in memory, composed at under twenty or thereabouts (for the manner is that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading there), met...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...chiefly the latter, the style, by certain vital signs it had, was likely to live. But much Jatelier, in the private academies of Italy, whither I was favoured...that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance above what was looked for; and other things which I had shifted...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the Close of ...

George Burnett - 1807 - 548 pages
...chiefly the latter, the style, by certain vital signs it had, was likely to live. But much latelier, in the private academies of Italy, whither I was favoured...that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance above what was looked for; and other things which I had shifted...
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Prose Works ...: Containing His Principal Political and ..., Volume 1

John Milton - 1809 - 534 pages
...chiefly this latter, the style, by certain vital signs it had, was likely to live. But much latelier in the private academies of Italy, whither I was favoured...that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance above what was looked for ; and other things, which I had shifted...
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The life of Milton, and Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost, by ...

William Hayley - 1810 - 472 pages
..." In the private academies of Italy, whither I was favored to resort, perceiving that some trifles I had in memory, composed at under twenty, or thereabout...that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance above what was looked for, and other things, which I had shitted,...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 524 pages
...but chiefly the latter, the stile by certain vital signs it had was likely to live. But much latelier in the private Academies of Italy, whither I was favoured...that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance above what was looked for ; and other things which I had shifted,...
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Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of ...

John Milton - 1819 - 484 pages
...chiefly this latter, the style, by certain ** vital signs it had, was likely to live. But " much latelier in the private Academies ** of Italy, whither I was favoured to resort, * Again, in the Defensio Secunda, he says, " I'~*er me f puerulum humaniorum literarum studiis destini.'it;...
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The Enquirer

William Godwin - 1823 - 444 pages
...Italy whither I was favour'd to resort, perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory, compos'd at under twenty or thereabout (for the manner is, that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance above what was lookt for, and other things which I had shifted in...
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