The Best in Their KindRichards Press, 1949 - 456 pages |
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Page 85
... fathers would have insisted on a twenty - four - year - old graduate son taking up a profession , but Milton was in no hurry . He was very sure of himself and was able to convince his father that for his purpose a trip to Italy would be ...
... fathers would have insisted on a twenty - four - year - old graduate son taking up a profession , but Milton was in no hurry . He was very sure of himself and was able to convince his father that for his purpose a trip to Italy would be ...
Page 195
... father became rector of Kilkenny West and the boy was brought up at Lissoy mainly by Thomas Byrne , an old soldier who had become the village schoolmaster . He also gained a love of ballads from his father's dairymaid , Peggy Golden ...
... father became rector of Kilkenny West and the boy was brought up at Lissoy mainly by Thomas Byrne , an old soldier who had become the village schoolmaster . He also gained a love of ballads from his father's dairymaid , Peggy Golden ...
Page 238
... father took the farm of Mount Oliphant about a couple of miles away and from the age of nine the boy was educated mainly by his father . At fifteen , he was the main labourer on the farm , but found time both to read and write poetry ...
... father took the farm of Mount Oliphant about a couple of miles away and from the age of nine the boy was educated mainly by his father . At fifteen , he was the main labourer on the farm , but found time both to read and write poetry ...
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SIR THOMAS MALORY 1413?1470 | 18 |
EDMUND SPENSER 15521599 | 24 |
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE 15641593 | 38 |
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