The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 83
... praise , and was not nice respecting the hand which tendered it , or the form in which it came , yet he has refused it in the most honourable shape , and when offered to him by the public . He has been importuned in vain to give a ...
... praise , and was not nice respecting the hand which tendered it , or the form in which it came , yet he has refused it in the most honourable shape , and when offered to him by the public . He has been importuned in vain to give a ...
Page 100
... praise , by Salsilli and Sel- vaggi at Rome ; by the former in a latin te- trastic , and by the latter in a distich . At his next removal we shall see our traveller distinguished by still more lofty compliment , in the vehicle , indeed ...
... praise , by Salsilli and Sel- vaggi at Rome ; by the former in a latin te- trastic , and by the latter in a distich . At his next removal we shall see our traveller distinguished by still more lofty compliment , in the vehicle , indeed ...
Page 101
... praise , which had been thus contracted . On the occasion of Salsilli's illness , Milton sent to him those scazons , which are rich in poetic imagery , though inaccurate in their metrical construction . The concluding part of this short ...
... praise , which had been thus contracted . On the occasion of Salsilli's illness , Milton sent to him those scazons , which are rich in poetic imagery , though inaccurate in their metrical construction . The concluding part of this short ...
Page 103
... praise by the contemporary poets of Italy . Of the three excellent latin epigrams , in which he has celebrated this fascinating woman , the second is so admirable , that our readers would have cause to complain of us , if we were to ...
... praise by the contemporary poets of Italy . Of the three excellent latin epigrams , in which he has celebrated this fascinating woman , the second is so admirable , that our readers would have cause to complain of us , if we were to ...
Page 106
... He had , indeed , pointed to this offence of reli- gion in a latin distich , with which he had presented his new guest , and which is cer- tra ze , fo tainly more remarkable for the height of its praise , 104 LIFE OF MILTON .
... He had , indeed , pointed to this offence of reli- gion in a latin distich , with which he had presented his new guest , and which is cer- tra ze , fo tainly more remarkable for the height of its praise , 104 LIFE OF MILTON .
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