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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... must naturally excite , by turning to the more temperate works of that very copious and ad- mirable writer , particularly to his exquifite paper in the Rambler ( N ° 54 ) on the deaths and and afperity of literary men . It is hardly pof ...
... must naturally excite , by turning to the more temperate works of that very copious and ad- mirable writer , particularly to his exquifite paper in the Rambler ( N ° 54 ) on the deaths and and afperity of literary men . It is hardly pof ...
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... must be matter of regret to every fincere votary of peace and benevolence to obferve , that the field of literature is too frequently a field of cruelty , which almost realizes the hyperbolical expreffion of Lucan , and exhibits ...
... must be matter of regret to every fincere votary of peace and benevolence to obferve , that the field of literature is too frequently a field of cruelty , which almost realizes the hyperbolical expreffion of Lucan , and exhibits ...
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... must be most fervent in their hopes , that in the course and the close of his poetical career he may re- semble his great and favourite predeceffors , Homer and Milton ; their fpirits were cheered and illuminated in the decline of life ...
... must be most fervent in their hopes , that in the course and the close of his poetical career he may re- semble his great and favourite predeceffors , Homer and Milton ; their fpirits were cheered and illuminated in the decline of life ...
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... must have been happy to discern , and eager to cherish , the first dawning of genius in his child . In this point of view we may contemplate with peculiar de- light the infantine portrait of Milton , by that ele- gant and faithful ...
... must have been happy to discern , and eager to cherish , the first dawning of genius in his child . In this point of view we may contemplate with peculiar de- light the infantine portrait of Milton , by that ele- gant and faithful ...
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... must be painful in proportion to the fincerity of our esteem for lite- rary genius ; fince , different as they were in their principles , their manners , and their writings , both the poet and his critical biographer are affuredly ...
... must be painful in proportion to the fincerity of our esteem for lite- rary genius ; fince , different as they were in their principles , their manners , and their writings , both the poet and his critical biographer are affuredly ...
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