The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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... tion , is in the " Apology for Smectymnuus . " After mentioning the charge which we have already noticed , our author procceds : - " For which commodious lic , that he may be encouraged in the trade another time , I thank him ; for it ...
... tion , is in the " Apology for Smectymnuus . " After mentioning the charge which we have already noticed , our author procceds : - " For which commodious lic , that he may be encouraged in the trade another time , I thank him ; for it ...
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... 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 high uphung . The ...
... 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 high uphung . The ...
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... tion , which has breathed a soul into the painting , and placed it in warm and stre- nuous animation before our eyes . Besides these two little poems , which have been selected only as instances of the progress of our author's English ...
... tion , which has breathed a soul into the painting , and placed it in warm and stre- nuous animation before our eyes . Besides these two little poems , which have been selected only as instances of the progress of our author's English ...
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... , possesses the merit , in a most uncommon degree , of poetic fancy , and of poetic dic- tion . Vide Milton's letter to Alexander Gill , July 2 , 1628 . bo shire , where his father lived on a competent LIFE OF MILTON . 51.
... , possesses the merit , in a most uncommon degree , of poetic fancy , and of poetic dic- tion . Vide Milton's letter to Alexander Gill , July 2 , 1628 . bo shire , where his father lived on a competent LIFE OF MILTON . 51.
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... tion of the swan in the 7th book of Paradise Lost : The swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling , proudly rows Her state with oary feet.- i . e . the swan with arched neck , between the mantling of her white wings ...
... tion of the swan in the 7th book of Paradise Lost : The swan with arched neck Between her white wings mantling , proudly rows Her state with oary feet.- i . e . the swan with arched neck , between the mantling of her white wings ...
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