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2nd of

THE

LIFE OF MILTON,

IN THREE PARTS,

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

CONJECTURES ON THE ORIGIN

OF

PARADISE LOST:

WITH AN APPENDIX.

BY WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq.

Ολβιος, ὃς μέγα ἔργον ἐν ἀθανάτοισιν ἀνύσσας,

Ναίει ἀπήμανος καί ἀγήραος ήματα πάντα.
HESIOD. THEOGONIA, V. 953.

Magnarum virium eft tractare facra tam fplendide, fimplicia tam erudite,
inculta tam polite, retrufa tam dilucide, a fenfu communi abhorrentia
tam populariter, periculofa tam libere, severa tam plaufibiliter. Et
tamen hunc virum, quem ne fummi quidem queant affequi, non verentur
calumniari et mediocres.

ERASMUS.

DUBLIN:

PRINTED BY WILLIAM PORTER, 69, GRAFTON-STREET.

1797.

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