The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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... strong assertion , the hostility of the present generation has again brought the evidence of Milton to convict Milton , and to establish the charges of his calumniator . In opposition to this pretended evidence stand the register of our ...
... strong assertion , the hostility of the present generation has again brought the evidence of Milton to convict Milton , and to establish the charges of his calumniator . In opposition to this pretended evidence stand the register of our ...
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... strong imagina- tion ; and its merit is not lessened by the in- trusion of a thought or a word , which the nicest critic would wish to be expelled . No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were ...
... strong imagina- tion ; and its merit is not lessened by the in- trusion of a thought or a word , which the nicest critic would wish to be expelled . No war or battle's sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were ...
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... of our author's English muse , he produced some other small pieces of poetry in his native language , which are all distin- guished by beauties and faults , and disco- ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in LIFE OF MILTON . 41.
... of our author's English muse , he produced some other small pieces of poetry in his native language , which are all distin- guished by beauties and faults , and disco- ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in LIFE OF MILTON . 41.
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Charles Symmons. ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in the verses written " At a solemn Q Musick , " we read the following lines , where , speaking of the wedded sounds of the harmo- nious sisters , Voice and Verse , the ...
Charles Symmons. ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in the verses written " At a solemn Q Musick , " we read the following lines , where , speaking of the wedded sounds of the harmo- nious sisters , Voice and Verse , the ...
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... strong op- position on the other side of every kind . For if it be bad , why should not all the fond hopes , that forward youth and vanitie are fledge with , together with gaine , pride , and ambition , call me forward more powerfully ...
... strong op- position on the other side of every kind . For if it be bad , why should not all the fond hopes , that forward youth and vanitie are fledge with , together with gaine , pride , and ambition , call me forward more powerfully ...
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