The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 98
... opinions , which incidentally disfigures a few pages of his immortal epic , On his leaving Florence , where he staid , as we have observed , two months , our tra- veller proceeded through Sienna to Rome . In this city of old and of ...
... opinions , which incidentally disfigures a few pages of his immortal epic , On his leaving Florence , where he staid , as we have observed , two months , our tra- veller proceeded through Sienna to Rome . In this city of old and of ...
Page 104
... opinion . The purity of their language has been commended by Italian critics ; and for any affected and forced thoughts , which may be distinguish- able in them , the character of the Italian taste , at that time , may be admitted as an ...
... opinion . The purity of their language has been commended by Italian critics ; and for any affected and forced thoughts , which may be distinguish- able in them , the character of the Italian taste , at that time , may be admitted as an ...
Page 120
... opinions , he continued in fearless openness for nearly two h Def . sec . P.W. vol . v . 231 . of He s When Milton speaks of the civil war as already begun , and I mention it as existing only in prospect at the same period , we do not ...
... opinions , he continued in fearless openness for nearly two h Def . sec . P.W. vol . v . 231 . of He s When Milton speaks of the civil war as already begun , and I mention it as existing only in prospect at the same period , we do not ...
Page 150
... opinion , re- mained to be done . Not content with the common school authors , he placed in the hands of boys , from ten to fifteen years of age , such writers , as , not remarkable for the acco the cture beauty or the purity of their ...
... opinion , re- mained to be done . Not content with the common school authors , he placed in the hands of boys , from ten to fifteen years of age , such writers , as , not remarkable for the acco the cture beauty or the purity of their ...
Page 167
... opinion that he who would not be frustrated of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things , ought himself to be a true poem , that is , a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things , not presuming to sing the ...
... opinion that he who would not be frustrated of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things , ought himself to be a true poem , that is , a composition and pattern of the best and honourablest things , not presuming to sing the ...
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