Life of John Milton1810 |
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... conduct through life . Satisfied however as I ought to be with the general result of public criticism , I have been struck , and at the same time pleased , as I will confess , with the variety and , in some instances , the contradiction ...
... conduct through life . Satisfied however as I ought to be with the general result of public criticism , I have been struck , and at the same time pleased , as I will confess , with the variety and , in some instances , the contradiction ...
Page 14
... conduct to me in other respects I feel no reason to com- plain . The intellectual power of Dr. John- son with his numerous virtues , and those pre- judices which united him with a potent fac- tion in the state , conciliated during his ...
... conduct to me in other respects I feel no reason to com- plain . The intellectual power of Dr. John- son with his numerous virtues , and those pre- judices which united him with a potent fac- tion in the state , conciliated during his ...
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... conduct to the bar of Truth , and firmly to pronounce her sentence of acquittal or condemnation . On the dead indeed only can the sentence of truth , at all times and without the plead- ing of any opposing duty , be pronounced , Have I ...
... conduct to the bar of Truth , and firmly to pronounce her sentence of acquittal or condemnation . On the dead indeed only can the sentence of truth , at all times and without the plead- ing of any opposing duty , be pronounced , Have I ...
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... him , with my conviction of the atrocity of his conduct , to one of the most perfect characters which is to be found in the page of biography , I have not erased . a с syllable respecting him , and have felt more inclined to PREFACE . 17.
... him , with my conviction of the atrocity of his conduct , to one of the most perfect characters which is to be found in the page of biography , I have not erased . a с syllable respecting him , and have felt more inclined to PREFACE . 17.
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... conduct : for on occasions which he has improved to display his candour and his taste , by lavishing extra- vagant commendations on some very subor- dinate versions of the " Mansus and the " Damon , " he has carefully buried mine in the ...
... conduct : for on occasions which he has improved to display his candour and his taste , by lavishing extra- vagant commendations on some very subor- dinate versions of the " Mansus and the " Damon , " he has carefully buried mine in the ...
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