The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 36
... Lost . We have already no- ticed , on the testimony of Aubrey , which may be received as to the fact in question , that Milton was a poet when he was only erince ten years old ; and his translation of the 136th 36 LIFE OF MILTON .
... Lost . We have already no- ticed , on the testimony of Aubrey , which may be received as to the fact in question , that Milton was a poet when he was only erince ten years old ; and his translation of the 136th 36 LIFE OF MILTON .
Page 42
... Lost ; and from the following passage of the “ Vacation Exercise " we may infer some slight promise of that divine poem ; Yet I would rather , if I were to choose Thy service ( that of his native language ) in some graver subject use ...
... Lost ; and from the following passage of the “ Vacation Exercise " we may infer some slight promise of that divine poem ; Yet I would rather , if I were to choose Thy service ( that of his native language ) in some graver subject use ...
Page 49
... lost nothing , when the maister of the vine- yard came to give each one his hire . And here I am come to a streame - head , copious enough to disburden itself like Nilus at seven mouthes into an ocean . But then I should . E 6 also run ...
... lost nothing , when the maister of the vine- yard came to give each one his hire . And here I am come to a streame - head , copious enough to disburden itself like Nilus at seven mouthes into an ocean . But then I should . E 6 also run ...
Page 54
... lost ; his private fortune ruined ; his k « Anguiferos rietûs , " is certainly an inaccurate expression . Vipereos rietus , if the verse had permitted it , would have been unexceptionable . " Calumnia " is , I fear , the property of ...
... lost ; his private fortune ruined ; his k « Anguiferos rietûs , " is certainly an inaccurate expression . Vipereos rietus , if the verse had permitted it , would have been unexceptionable . " Calumnia " is , I fear , the property of ...
Page 58
... Lost : The swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling , proudly rows Her state with oary feet.- i . e . the swan with arched neck , between the mantling of her white wings , proudly rows her canopy , ( her head and bent neck ) ...
... Lost : The swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling , proudly rows Her state with oary feet.- i . e . the swan with arched neck , between the mantling of her white wings , proudly rows her canopy , ( her head and bent neck ) ...
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