The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 113
... kings ; Hail her great Arthur , who , from mortals far , Now pants for his return , and burns for war ; Record the hero - knights , who sheathed the sword , Link'd in strong union round the mighty board , And break , ( if daring genius ...
... kings ; Hail her great Arthur , who , from mortals far , Now pants for his return , and burns for war ; Record the hero - knights , who sheathed the sword , Link'd in strong union round the mighty board , And break , ( if daring genius ...
Page 116
... king or knight before the conquest might be chosen , in whom to lay the pattern of a Christian hero . And as Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice , whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the infidels ...
... king or knight before the conquest might be chosen , in whom to lay the pattern of a Christian hero . And as Tasso gave to a prince of Italy his choice , whether he would command him to write of Godfrey's expedition against the infidels ...
Page 123
... King's return from his second expedition against Scotland , when his forces had been obliged by Leslie to retreat . The crisis was striking , and the mind of Milton , checked as he had been by his patriotism in his pursuit of an ...
... King's return from his second expedition against Scotland , when his forces had been obliged by Leslie to retreat . The crisis was striking , and the mind of Milton , checked as he had been by his patriotism in his pursuit of an ...
Page 132
... king of Syracuse , gained a memorable victory over the Carthaginians at the time of the invasion of Greece by Xerxes . I am at a loss to discover why Mr. Warton should call the Himera " the famous bucolic river of Theocritus . " Not one ...
... king of Syracuse , gained a memorable victory over the Carthaginians at the time of the invasion of Greece by Xerxes . I am at a loss to discover why Mr. Warton should call the Himera " the famous bucolic river of Theocritus . " Not one ...
Page 138
... king , called Pandrasus . Rutupium is Richborough on the coast of Kent . Armorica ( or Bretagne ) in France was conquered and occupied by the Britons , at the time , as it is generally supposed , that they were pressed by the Saxons ...
... king , called Pandrasus . Rutupium is Richborough on the coast of Kent . Armorica ( or Bretagne ) in France was conquered and occupied by the Britons , at the time , as it is generally supposed , that they were pressed by the Saxons ...
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