The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 36
... perhaps , which are injoined for trivial omissions , and trespasses . against the college forms , ) we must decide that his morals at the University conciliated the general esteem , while his learning and his talents excited the general ...
... perhaps , which are injoined for trivial omissions , and trespasses . against the college forms , ) we must decide that his morals at the University conciliated the general esteem , while his learning and his talents excited the general ...
Page 40
... perhaps , of a greater magnitude . It discloses , indeed , in most of its parts the vitious taste of the age ; but even where it is most erroneous , it dis- closes also the power of the poet . The fourth stanza of the hymn is the ...
... perhaps , of a greater magnitude . It discloses , indeed , in most of its parts the vitious taste of the age ; but even where it is most erroneous , it dis- closes also the power of the poet . The fourth stanza of the hymn is the ...
Page 41
... perhaps be inclined to object to a few accidental words ; but we cannot with- hold our wonder from that vigour of concep- tion , which has breathed a soul into the painting , and placed it in warm and stre- nuous animation before our ...
... perhaps be inclined to object to a few accidental words ; but we cannot with- hold our wonder from that vigour of concep- tion , which has breathed a soul into the painting , and placed it in warm and stre- nuous animation before our ...
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... perhaps , acknow- ledge as authentic ; and a reader of taste may sometimes wish for more compression in the style ; and may be sorry that the youthful poet did not occasionally follow some model of more nerve than the diffuse and ...
... perhaps , acknow- ledge as authentic ; and a reader of taste may sometimes wish for more compression in the style ; and may be sorry that the youthful poet did not occasionally follow some model of more nerve than the diffuse and ...
Page 50
... Perhaps my semblance might deceave the truth , That I to manhood am arrived so neere , And inward ripenesse doth much lesse appear , That some more tymely - happie spirits indu'th . Yet be it lesse or more , or soone or slow , It shall ...
... Perhaps my semblance might deceave the truth , That I to manhood am arrived so neere , And inward ripenesse doth much lesse appear , That some more tymely - happie spirits indu'th . Yet be it lesse or more , or soone or slow , It shall ...
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