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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... not those very high poetical talents , for which the world , though fufficiently inclined to difcover and mag- nify his defects , had allowed him credit . You confider confider him as the poet of reason , and intimate DEDICATION . XV.
... not those very high poetical talents , for which the world , though fufficiently inclined to difcover and mag- nify his defects , had allowed him credit . You confider confider him as the poet of reason , and intimate DEDICATION . XV.
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... health of my revered friend , Mr. Cowper , allowed him to be my gueft ; and , after our more ferious morning ftudies , it afforded us a pleasant relax- ation ation and amusement to throw some parts of the Adamo DEDICATION . xxiii.
... health of my revered friend , Mr. Cowper , allowed him to be my gueft ; and , after our more ferious morning ftudies , it afforded us a pleasant relax- ation ation and amusement to throw some parts of the Adamo DEDICATION . xxiii.
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... allowed no credit to his brother , for the spirited Latin treatise in which that young man appeared as the defender of his uncle . But the ftriking inac- curacy of the critic confifts in not giving a juft ac- count of a book that ...
... allowed no credit to his brother , for the spirited Latin treatise in which that young man appeared as the defender of his uncle . But the ftriking inac- curacy of the critic confifts in not giving a juft ac- count of a book that ...
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... allowed , that while Milton defended himself with the spirit of the Grecian ora- tor , in imitating the eloquent Athenian he promif- cuously caught both his merits and defects . It is to be regretted , that thefe mighty mafters of rhe ...
... allowed , that while Milton defended himself with the spirit of the Grecian ora- tor , in imitating the eloquent Athenian he promif- cuously caught both his merits and defects . It is to be regretted , that thefe mighty mafters of rhe ...
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... allowed to know this " tranfaction from the fountain head . " 66 On this interefting anecdote Johnson makes the following remark : " Here is a reciprocation of ge- " nerofity and gratitude fo pleafing , that the tale " makes its own way ...
... allowed to know this " tranfaction from the fountain head . " 66 On this interefting anecdote Johnson makes the following remark : " Here is a reciprocation of ge- " nerofity and gratitude fo pleafing , that the tale " makes its own way ...
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