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Page 13
... hand of ability and learning : but it is also , as I am likewise certain , not infre- quently in that of imbecillity and ignorance . I am far however from objecting to this in- discriminate exercise of criticism , which , pro- ductive ...
... hand of ability and learning : but it is also , as I am likewise certain , not infre- quently in that of imbecillity and ignorance . I am far however from objecting to this in- discriminate exercise of criticism , which , pro- ductive ...
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... hand paused , as I reflected that he , on whom it was to fall , had paid the last debt of human infirmity , and was no longer in a condition to offend or resist . The sug gestions of feeling in this instance pressed me more strongly ...
... hand paused , as I reflected that he , on whom it was to fall , had paid the last debt of human infirmity , and was no longer in a condition to offend or resist . The sug gestions of feeling in this instance pressed me more strongly ...
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... readers with a most curious fac - simile of Milton's hand - writing . The drawing by Cipriani , from which my frontispiece is engraved , is of a bust , in 24 PREFACE . The high reputation of Dr. Parr for learning ...
... readers with a most curious fac - simile of Milton's hand - writing . The drawing by Cipriani , from which my frontispiece is engraved , is of a bust , in 24 PREFACE . The high reputation of Dr. Parr for learning ...
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... hand , from which they came , he will find them either acknowledged in their places , or specified at the foot of the present page . * a The second letter to Deodati . The conclusion of the " De- fence of the People of England ...
... hand , from which they came , he will find them either acknowledged in their places , or specified at the foot of the present page . * a The second letter to Deodati . The conclusion of the " De- fence of the People of England ...
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... hand lifted in violation of the illustrious dead . The dead , indeed , are at rest from their labours ; and , far from the reach of human malice , are in possession of their reward : but it is discou raging to the weakness of the living ...
... hand lifted in violation of the illustrious dead . The dead , indeed , are at rest from their labours ; and , far from the reach of human malice , are in possession of their reward : but it is discou raging to the weakness of the living ...
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