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Page 43
... able authority , affirms that she was a Caston , of a family originally from Wales . We are assured that she was an exemplary woman , and was particularly distinguished by her numerous charities . From this union sprang John , our ...
... able authority , affirms that she was a Caston , of a family originally from Wales . We are assured that she was an exemplary woman , and was particularly distinguished by her numerous charities . From this union sprang John , our ...
Page 62
... able to observe them , the lapses in Milton's Greek composition will possibly be regarded as venial , and not to be admitted in diminution of the fame of his Greek erudition . " It may be proper to give a literal translation of these ...
... able to observe them , the lapses in Milton's Greek composition will possibly be regarded as venial , and not to be admitted in diminution of the fame of his Greek erudition . " It may be proper to give a literal translation of these ...
Page 79
... to which I have referred . Whether adopted to some neighbouring star , Thou roll'st above us in thy wand'ring race : Or , in procession fix'd and regular , The seventh stanza is the most objection- able of the LIFE OF MILTON . 79.
... to which I have referred . Whether adopted to some neighbouring star , Thou roll'st above us in thy wand'ring race : Or , in procession fix'd and regular , The seventh stanza is the most objection- able of the LIFE OF MILTON . 79.
Page 80
Charles Symmons. The seventh stanza is the most objection- able of the poem : in the first and the se- cond , the thought which , at the first glance , might scem to require defence , is certainly correct : in the first indeed it is ...
Charles Symmons. The seventh stanza is the most objection- able of the poem : in the first and the se- cond , the thought which , at the first glance , might scem to require defence , is certainly correct : in the first indeed it is ...
Page 82
... able to pierce , And to our high - raised phantasy present That undisturbed song of pure concent , Ay sung before the sapphire - colour'd throne , To Him that sits thereon , With saintly shout and solemn jubilee : Where the bright ...
... able to pierce , And to our high - raised phantasy present That undisturbed song of pure concent , Ay sung before the sapphire - colour'd throne , To Him that sits thereon , With saintly shout and solemn jubilee : Where the bright ...
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