Life of John Milton1810 |
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Page 8
... period : but it gratifies me to be yet indulged with this opportunity of acknowledging my obli- gations to him , and of evincing my feeling of worth by professing my respect for him . On striking the account with public criti- cism , I ...
... period : but it gratifies me to be yet indulged with this opportunity of acknowledging my obli- gations to him , and of evincing my feeling of worth by professing my respect for him . On striking the account with public criti- cism , I ...
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... period of the publication . Eighteen months ago I felt an interest in the scene around me of which I must never again hope to be sen- sible ; and my pen , which now moves only in obedience to duty , was then quickened by the influences ...
... period of the publication . Eighteen months ago I felt an interest in the scene around me of which I must never again hope to be sen- sible ; and my pen , which now moves only in obedience to duty , was then quickened by the influences ...
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... periods of the last century , some fatal wounds on the con- stitution ; or with those men who in later times , abandoning their party and its spirit , have struggled to retain its honourable appel- lation , -I glory as I profess myself ...
... periods of the last century , some fatal wounds on the con- stitution ; or with those men who in later times , abandoning their party and its spirit , have struggled to retain its honourable appel- lation , -I glory as I profess myself ...
Page 43
... period of his life was knighted and raised , by Burney's Hist . of Music , vol . iii . p . 134 . Londini sum natus , genere honesto , patre viro integerrimo , matre probatissimâ et eleemosynis per viciniam potissimum nota . Def . Sec ...
... period of his life was knighted and raised , by Burney's Hist . of Music , vol . iii . p . 134 . Londini sum natus , genere honesto , patre viro integerrimo , matre probatissimâ et eleemosynis per viciniam potissimum nota . Def . Sec ...
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... period ; and the advantages which he derived from the at- tentions of a father , so qualified as his to discover and to appreciate genius , must ne- cessarily have been great . Every incitement to exertion and every mode of instruction ...
... period ; and the advantages which he derived from the at- tentions of a father , so qualified as his to discover and to appreciate genius , must ne- cessarily have been great . Every incitement to exertion and every mode of instruction ...
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