The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page iii
... - criminating taste in poetry , and your candid allowances for poetry like mine . If you will in your turn deign to communicate to me any of your productions , you will , b 2 I can I can affure you , find no one to whom iii.
... - criminating taste in poetry , and your candid allowances for poetry like mine . If you will in your turn deign to communicate to me any of your productions , you will , b 2 I can I can affure you , find no one to whom iii.
Page v
... turn to remunerate you , as far as my circumftances would permit . But fince you , the day before yesterday , presented me with an ele- gant and beautiful poem in Hendecafyllabic verfe , which far exceeds the worth of gold , you have ...
... turn to remunerate you , as far as my circumftances would permit . But fince you , the day before yesterday , presented me with an ele- gant and beautiful poem in Hendecafyllabic verfe , which far exceeds the worth of gold , you have ...
Page vii
... turn ? How long do you mean to stay among the Hy- perboreans ? I wish you would give me an answer to each of these queftions ; and that you may not fuppofe that I am quite unconcerned about what relates to you , I muft inform you that ...
... turn ? How long do you mean to stay among the Hy- perboreans ? I wish you would give me an answer to each of these queftions ; and that you may not fuppofe that I am quite unconcerned about what relates to you , I muft inform you that ...
Page xxvi
... turn into Dutch , I would rather that you had engaged him to turn it into Latin . For I have already experienced how the vulgar are wont to receive opinions , which are not agreeable to vulgar prejudice . I formerly wrote three ...
... turn into Dutch , I would rather that you had engaged him to turn it into Latin . For I have already experienced how the vulgar are wont to receive opinions , which are not agreeable to vulgar prejudice . I formerly wrote three ...
Page xl
... turn , if I re- member , it was to write . My regard for you has , be- lieve me , fuffered no diminution ; but either my ftudies or my domeftic cares , or perhaps my indolence in writ- ing , have made me guilty of this omiffion of duty ...
... turn , if I re- member , it was to write . My regard for you has , be- lieve me , fuffered no diminution ; but either my ftudies or my domeftic cares , or perhaps my indolence in writ- ing , have made me guilty of this omiffion of duty ...
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