The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... question respecting the maiden name and family of his wife . His grandson , Philips , who seems on this occasion to be the prefer- able authority , affirms that she was a Caston , of a family originally from Wales . We are assured that ...
... question respecting the maiden name and family of his wife . His grandson , Philips , who seems on this occasion to be the prefer- able authority , affirms that she was a Caston , of a family originally from Wales . We are assured that ...
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... question , are the following , which have been so frequently cited from the first of his ele- gies to his friend , C. Deodati : Jam nec arundiferum mihi cura revisere Camum ; Nec dudum vetiti me laris angit amor : Nuda nec arva placent ...
... question , are the following , which have been so frequently cited from the first of his ele- gies to his friend , C. Deodati : Jam nec arundiferum mihi cura revisere Camum ; Nec dudum vetiti me laris angit amor : Nuda nec arva placent ...
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... question his uncommon acquisitions and powers , and , undoubtedly , to make him the centre of an extended circle of admiration . In the seven years of his academical life , however he might complain of “ the rushy marshes and the naked ...
... question his uncommon acquisitions and powers , and , undoubtedly , to make him the centre of an extended circle of admiration . In the seven years of his academical life , however he might complain of “ the rushy marshes and the naked ...
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... question the propriety of the length to which the poet's fancy has carried him . Darkness may aptly be repre- sented by the blackness of the raven ; and the stillness of that darkness may be pa- ralleled by an image borrowed from the ob ...
... question the propriety of the length to which the poet's fancy has carried him . Darkness may aptly be repre- sented by the blackness of the raven ; and the stillness of that darkness may be pa- ralleled by an image borrowed from the ob ...
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... question , seems to have been an unfair practice of the puritan disputants , for the purpose of increas- ing the unpopularity of their adversaries . Till the Church was adopted by the govern- ment , under Constantine , its officers ...
... question , seems to have been an unfair practice of the puritan disputants , for the purpose of increas- ing the unpopularity of their adversaries . Till the Church was adopted by the govern- ment , under Constantine , its officers ...
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