The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 43
... poems , however , of the same date , no such observation is in any degree applicable . Immediately conversant with ... poets of his age and his country . May , the continuator and imitator of Lucan ; and Cowley , whose taste and thought ...
... poems , however , of the same date , no such observation is in any degree applicable . Immediately conversant with ... poets of his age and his country . May , the continuator and imitator of Lucan ; and Cowley , whose taste and thought ...
Page 44
... poets , whom , both for the pleasing sound of their numerous writing , which in imitation I found most easy and most ... poems , which are nearly equal in merit , the fifth , written in the author's twentieth year on the return of spring ...
... poets , whom , both for the pleasing sound of their numerous writing , which in imitation I found most easy and most ... poems , which are nearly equal in merit , the fifth , written in the author's twentieth year on the return of spring ...
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... poem to his father there is a very noble line in which he speaks with equal sublimity of Eternity : Æternæque moræ stabunt immobilis ævi . The eternal pause of age for ever fix'd . The poem which he wrote about this time , 1628 , for ...
... poem to his father there is a very noble line in which he speaks with equal sublimity of Eternity : Æternæque moræ stabunt immobilis ævi . The eternal pause of age for ever fix'd . The poem which he wrote about this time , 1628 , for ...
Page 53
... poem to his father , written , as it is probable , about this time , he seems conscious of his high destiny , and magnanimously exults over those evils , which , he knew , by the experience of all ages , to be inseparably attached to it ...
... poem to his father , written , as it is probable , about this time , he seems conscious of his high destiny , and magnanimously exults over those evils , which , he knew , by the experience of all ages , to be inseparably attached to it ...
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... poets . Many of Milton's expressions in his latin poems are not supported by high classical authority , society avoided ; his name pronounced with execration ; his 54 LIFE OF MILTON .
... poets . Many of Milton's expressions in his latin poems are not supported by high classical authority , society avoided ; his name pronounced with execration ; his 54 LIFE OF MILTON .
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