...indicates his own full approbation of his work,) said to him, ' This is owing to you, for you put it in my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of.' It seems therefore nearly certain, that the whole of the poem was composed at Chalfont. As it was conceived...

...indicates his own full approbation of his work,) said to him, ' This is owing to you, for you put it in my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont; which before I had not thought of.' It seems therefore nearly certain, that the whole of the poem was composed at Chalfont. As it was conceived...

...Wilton shewed * Paradise Regained' to Elwood, *This,' said he, 'is owing to you; for you put it in my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont, which otherwise I had not thought of.' His last poetical offspring was his farourite. He could not, as Elwood...

...wait on him there, which I seldom failed of doing, whenever my occasions drew me to London, he shewed me his second poem, called " PARADISE REGAINED ;"...at Chalfont : which before I had not thought of." But from this digression I return to the family I then lived in. We had not been long at home, about...

...on him there, (which I seldom failed of doing whenever any occasions drew me to London,) he shewed me his second Poem, called Paradise Regained, and...at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of.' "* It will be seen from the account given by Ellwood, that he had finished his incomparable poem, "...

...REGAINED ; <d in a pleasant tone said to me, ' This is oieing to you ; for you put it into my "** k the question you put to me at Chalfont ; which before I had not thought of." " e have both of these gentlemen (such, in a sense much truer and more noble than their persecutor)...

...having called on the poet after his return to London, was shown by him this poem, with the remark, " This is owing to you; for you put it into my head by the question you put to me at Chalfont." He is said to have written it in a state of uninterrupted fervor, according to the spirit which he...

...Milton showed " Paradise Regained" to Elwood, " This," said he, " is owing to you ; for you put it in minister of Voorhout, of whom his son,* in a sm;il acco otherwise I had not thought of." His4ast poetical offspring was his favourite. He could not, as Elwood...

...occasions drew me to London) he showed me his second Poem, called PARADISE REGAINED, and in a pleasani tone said to me, " This is owing to you, for you put...at Chalfont, which before I had' not thought of." But from this digression, I return to the family I then lived in. We had not been long at home, (about...

...afterwards I went to wait on him there, which I seldom failed of doing, whenever my occasions drew me to London, he showed me his second poem, called...at Chalfont, which before I had not thought of.'" I must not close this brief sketch of the domestic history of Isaac Penington, without glancing also...