The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... English reader may form his own judgment on the ex- tent of their testimony . " Now neither am I anxious to revisit reedy Cam , nor does the love of my lately forbidden college give me uneasiness . Fields naked and destitute of soft ...
... English reader may form his own judgment on the ex- tent of their testimony . " Now neither am I anxious to revisit reedy Cam , nor does the love of my lately forbidden college give me uneasiness . Fields naked and destitute of soft ...
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... English muse , he produced some other small pieces of poetry in his native language , which are all distin- guished by beauties and faults , and disco- ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in LIFE OF MILTON . 41 The hooked ...
... English muse , he produced some other small pieces of poetry in his native language , which are all distin- guished by beauties and faults , and disco- ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in LIFE OF MILTON . 41 The hooked ...
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... doth lie , & c . But whatever emanations of genius may throw a light over his English poems , com- posed at this early stage of his life , there is much in all these pieces to be regretted and pardoned 42 LIFE OF MILTON .
... doth lie , & c . But whatever emanations of genius may throw a light over his English poems , com- posed at this early stage of his life , there is much in all these pieces to be regretted and pardoned 42 LIFE OF MILTON .
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... English and metaphysical while his verse walks upon Roman feet , will never , as I am confident , be placed in com- petition with our author by any adequate and unprejudiced judge . I speak with more direct reference to his elegies ...
... English and metaphysical while his verse walks upon Roman feet , will never , as I am confident , be placed in com- petition with our author by any adequate and unprejudiced judge . I speak with more direct reference to his elegies ...
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... English , forming his answer to a friend , who had censured him for wasting his life in literary pursuits , and had urged him to forsake his study for some of the active oc- cupations of the world . This letter , of which Dr. Birch has ...
... English , forming his answer to a friend , who had censured him for wasting his life in literary pursuits , and had urged him to forsake his study for some of the active oc- cupations of the world . This letter , of which Dr. Birch has ...
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