Life of John Milton1810 |
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Page 3
... written under the impression of principles , not liable to decay , and of wounded affections which can cease to pain , alas ! only in the grave . What I have now to say will relate altogether to the present edition of my work - to those ...
... written under the impression of principles , not liable to decay , and of wounded affections which can cease to pain , alas ! only in the grave . What I have now to say will relate altogether to the present edition of my work - to those ...
Page 7
... written under circumstances not favourable to its perfec- tion , I was fearful that it might be found , on a revision , not only faulty in the substance and the mode , but deficient also in the just measure of its information . Its ...
... written under circumstances not favourable to its perfec- tion , I was fearful that it might be found , on a revision , not only faulty in the substance and the mode , but deficient also in the just measure of its information . Its ...
Page 24
... curiosity of my 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 ...
... curiosity of my 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 ...
Page 29
... written by a father who , with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride of his heart , has lost the great endearment of exist- ence ; the exhilaration of his cheerful and the solace of his melancholy hour ...
... written by a father who , with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride of his heart , has lost the great endearment of exist- ence ; the exhilaration of his cheerful and the solace of his melancholy hour ...
Page 58
... written with two c's , hicc , hocc , being contracted from hicce and hocce , and were always long . Vossius on the contrary asserts that these pro- nouns were long only when they were written with the double cc . Ad quantitatem hujus ...
... written with two c's , hicc , hocc , being contracted from hicce and hocce , and were always long . Vossius on the contrary asserts that these pro- nouns were long only when they were written with the double cc . Ad quantitatem hujus ...
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