The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... doubt , on their mutual conviction of great literary attainments . " A powerful intellect , exerted with un- wearied industry and undiverted attention , must necessarily possess itself of its object ; and we know that our author , when ...
... doubt , on their mutual conviction of great literary attainments . " A powerful intellect , exerted with un- wearied industry and undiverted attention , must necessarily possess itself of its object ; and we know that our author , when ...
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... doubt , be strengthened by the lessons and the example of his preceptor Young ; in whom religion seems to have been exalted to enthusiasm , and who submitted , as we know , to some very trying privations on the imperious requisition of ...
... doubt , be strengthened by the lessons and the example of his preceptor Young ; in whom religion seems to have been exalted to enthusiasm , and who submitted , as we know , to some very trying privations on the imperious requisition of ...
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... doubt- ful of her safety . In that exquisite passage- How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty - vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled , if our rapture would ...
... doubt- ful of her safety . In that exquisite passage- How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence through the empty - vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled , if our rapture would ...
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... doubt intended to be , the most honourable place . Every honour which could be paid to its poetic excellence was inferior to its just demand : but we may reasonably wonder that a poem , breathing such hostility to the Greek hexameters ...
... doubt intended to be , the most honourable place . Every honour which could be paid to its poetic excellence was inferior to its just demand : but we may reasonably wonder that a poem , breathing such hostility to the Greek hexameters ...
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... doubt your obsequious attendant , you so imperiously like a king enjoiu her obedience . Accept there- fore my congratulations , and allow me to return you my double thanks , on account both of your friendship and your profound skill . I ...
... doubt your obsequious attendant , you so imperiously like a king enjoiu her obedience . Accept there- fore my congratulations , and allow me to return you my double thanks , on account both of your friendship and your profound skill . I ...
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