The Life of John Milton: In Three Parts. To which are Added, Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost: with an Appendix. By William Hayley ...W. Porter, 1797 - 342 páginas |
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... seems to have retained great ele- gance of mind , and to have amufed himself with li- terature and mufic ; to the latter he applied fo fuc- cessfully , that , according to Dr. Burney , the accom- plished hiftorian of that captivating ...
... seems to have retained great ele- gance of mind , and to have amufed himself with li- terature and mufic ; to the latter he applied fo fuc- cessfully , that , according to Dr. Burney , the accom- plished hiftorian of that captivating ...
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... seems to have experienced at Cam- bridge a chequered fortune , very fimilar to his de- ftiny in the world . It appears from fome remark- able paffages in the Latin exercifes , which he recited in his College , that he was at first an ...
... seems to have experienced at Cam- bridge a chequered fortune , very fimilar to his de- ftiny in the world . It appears from fome remark- able paffages in the Latin exercifes , which he recited in his College , that he was at first an ...
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... seems most probable , that Milton was threatened , indeed , with what he con- fidered as a punishment , not only difhonourable but unmerited ; that his manly spirit difdained to fub- mit to it ; and that he was therefore obliged to ac ...
... seems most probable , that Milton was threatened , indeed , with what he con- fidered as a punishment , not only difhonourable but unmerited ; that his manly spirit difdained to fub- mit to it ; and that he was therefore obliged to ac ...
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... seems to be founded on the idea , which he may be faid to have verified in his own con- duct , that strict habits of temperance and virtue are highly conducive to the perfection of great poetical powers . To poets of a lighter clafs he ...
... seems to be founded on the idea , which he may be faid to have verified in his own con- duct , that strict habits of temperance and virtue are highly conducive to the perfection of great poetical powers . To poets of a lighter clafs he ...
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... seems to have had a prophetic view of the fingular calumnies , that awaited his reputation , and to have anticipated his triumph , over all his ad- verfaries , in the following magnanimous exclama- tion : Efte procul vigiles curæ ...
... seems to have had a prophetic view of the fingular calumnies , that awaited his reputation , and to have anticipated his triumph , over all his ad- verfaries , in the following magnanimous exclama- tion : Efte procul vigiles curæ ...
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