The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 45
... writer would not , 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 ...
... writer would not , 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 ...
Page 46
... writer's delicacy of principle , and of the high motives which actuated his bosom . The reader , as I per- suade myself , will thank me for communi- cating it . SIR , " Besides that in sundry other re- spects 46 LIFE OF MILTON . LIF.
... writer's delicacy of principle , and of the high motives which actuated his bosom . The reader , as I per- suade myself , will thank me for communi- cating it . SIR , " Besides that in sundry other re- spects 46 LIFE OF MILTON . LIF.
Page 66
... writer trembling on the edge of the press , and fearful lest the tenderness of his blossoms should be blighted by the breath of the public . ' ་ • In 1637 . s See Milton's xiii Sonnet . From a letter of our author's to his friend , Alex ...
... writer trembling on the edge of the press , and fearful lest the tenderness of his blossoms should be blighted by the breath of the public . ' ་ • In 1637 . s See Milton's xiii Sonnet . From a letter of our author's to his friend , Alex ...
Page 68
... writer of the Lycidas was intimated only by the initials J. M. This great man seems to have felt an awe of the public , by which the herd of small writers are seldom de- pressed- For fools rush in , where Angels fear to tread . sad the ...
... writer of the Lycidas was intimated only by the initials J. M. This great man seems to have felt an awe of the public , by which the herd of small writers are seldom de- pressed- For fools rush in , where Angels fear to tread . sad the ...
Page 70
... writer of the Lycidas was intimated only by the initials J. M. This great man seems to have felt an awe of the public , by which the herd of small writers are seldom de- pressed- For fools rush in , where Angels fear to tread . But if ...
... writer of the Lycidas was intimated only by the initials J. M. This great man seems to have felt an awe of the public , by which the herd of small writers are seldom de- pressed- For fools rush in , where Angels fear to tread . But if ...
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