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Page 24
... equal to his merits as a scholar and a writer , I say only what his friends know to be true and what his enemies have not the confi- dence to deny . I speak of him on this oc- casion only to gratify myself , and he must pardon my ...
... equal to his merits as a scholar and a writer , I say only what his friends know to be true and what his enemies have not the confi- dence to deny . I speak of him on this oc- casion only to gratify myself , and he must pardon my ...
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... equal kind : -- Since my large heart my bounded fortunes wrong , - Accept , for all , the record of my song : O take the love , that strives to be express'd ! O take the thanks , that swell within my breast ! And you , sweet triflings ...
... equal kind : -- Since my large heart my bounded fortunes wrong , - Accept , for all , the record of my song : O take the love , that strives to be express'd ! O take the thanks , that swell within my breast ! And you , sweet triflings ...
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... equals at the hands of those courteous and learned men , the fel- lows of that college wherein I spent some years : who at my parting , after I had taken two degrees , as the manner is , signified many y In Jan. 1628-9 . z P. W. i . 219 ...
... equals at the hands of those courteous and learned men , the fel- lows of that college wherein I spent some years : who at my parting , after I had taken two degrees , as the manner is , signified many y In Jan. 1628-9 . z P. W. i . 219 ...
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... equal intervals as well with respect to the time as with reference to the power of their production . The last of these poems , with its bright companions , the Lycidas L'Alle- gro and Il Penseroso , does not belong to the period under ...
... equal intervals as well with respect to the time as with reference to the power of their production . The last of these poems , with its bright companions , the Lycidas L'Alle- gro and Il Penseroso , does not belong to the period under ...
Page 83
... numbers , for command and purity of expression , for variety and cor- rectness of imagery , we shall look in vain for his equal among the Latin poets of his age and his country . May , the continuator and imitator LIFE OF MILTON . 83.
... numbers , for command and purity of expression , for variety and cor- rectness of imagery , we shall look in vain for his equal among the Latin poets of his age and his country . May , the continuator and imitator LIFE OF MILTON . 83.
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