The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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Page 65
... character of Thyrsis- Whose artful strains have oft delay'd The huddling brook to hear his madrigal . He was retained as a domestic in the earl of F LIE Bridgewater's family , where he was the mu- sical LIFE OF MILTON . 65.
... character of Thyrsis- Whose artful strains have oft delay'd The huddling brook to hear his madrigal . He was retained as a domestic in the earl of F LIE Bridgewater's family , where he was the mu- sical LIFE OF MILTON . 65.
Page 75
... characters upon my in- most senses . Your simplicity , your honour , and your genius ( genius of no common stamp ) are my correspondents , and give me a still stronger impression in your favour . Do not then from your lordly eminence of ...
... characters upon my in- most senses . Your simplicity , your honour , and your genius ( genius of no common stamp ) are my correspondents , and give me a still stronger impression in your favour . Do not then from your lordly eminence of ...
Page 77
... of our reference . The character also of these pieces establishes them to be Eng- lish . Their lineaments and their tints are so specific , and so peculiarly genuine as to prove them to be drawn from the vivid na- ture LIFE OF MILTON , 77.
... of our reference . The character also of these pieces establishes them to be Eng- lish . Their lineaments and their tints are so specific , and so peculiarly genuine as to prove them to be drawn from the vivid na- ture LIFE OF MILTON , 77.
Page 81
... character of Sir John Falstaff , " written by the late Maurice Morgann , Esq . " Yet whatever be the neglect of some , or the censure of others , there are those who firmly believe that this wild and uncultivated * Bar- may * Shakspeare ...
... character of Sir John Falstaff , " written by the late Maurice Morgann , Esq . " Yet whatever be the neglect of some , or the censure of others , there are those who firmly believe that this wild and uncultivated * Bar- may * Shakspeare ...
Page 104
... character of the Italian taste , at that time , may be admitted as an apology . One of these short pieces , as ex- hibiting a picture of some of the principal features of the poet's own mind , may de- serve to be transcribed . We shall ...
... character of the Italian taste , at that time , may be admitted as an apology . One of these short pieces , as ex- hibiting a picture of some of the principal features of the poet's own mind , may de- serve to be transcribed . We shall ...
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