The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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Page i
... present consolation , I inscribe THIS LIFE OF MILTON ; which , as it grew under his eye , and was favoured with his regard , cannot be without value in my partial estimation . On the 23d of May , 1805 , before he had completed his ...
... present consolation , I inscribe THIS LIFE OF MILTON ; which , as it grew under his eye , and was favoured with his regard , cannot be without value in my partial estimation . On the 23d of May , 1805 , before he had completed his ...
Page v
... present life of Mil- ton , should be noticed by the reader for pe- culiar deficiency in composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a father , who with a daughter ...
... present life of Mil- ton , should be noticed by the reader for pe- culiar deficiency in composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a father , who with a daughter ...
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... present page . Two smaller translations , also , by the same elegant pen , will be found inserted in my ap- a The second letter to Deodati . The conclusion of the " De- fence of the People of England : " " Hactenùs quod initio insti ...
... present page . Two smaller translations , also , by the same elegant pen , will be found inserted in my ap- a The second letter to Deodati . The conclusion of the " De- fence of the People of England : " " Hactenùs quod initio insti ...
Page vii
... present opportunity of mentioning that many of my last sheets , as they passed through the press , have been im- proved by the revision of this accurate critic , and most friendly man . On the plan and the execution of my work , I will ...
... present opportunity of mentioning that many of my last sheets , as they passed through the press , have been im- proved by the revision of this accurate critic , and most friendly man . On the plan and the execution of my work , I will ...
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... present age , inflamed with all the hate of their pre- decessors , have pretended to prove , from some vague expressions in one of his own poems , that the slander , though completely overthrown at the time of its first production , was ...
... present age , inflamed with all the hate of their pre- decessors , have pretended to prove , from some vague expressions in one of his own poems , that the slander , though completely overthrown at the time of its first production , was ...
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