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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... present day ; and when the principles of a Jacobin were very blindly imputed to a truly English writer of acknowledged genius , and of the pureft repu- tation , who is , perhaps , of all men living , the moft perfectly blamelefs in his ...
... present day ; and when the principles of a Jacobin were very blindly imputed to a truly English writer of acknowledged genius , and of the pureft repu- tation , who is , perhaps , of all men living , the moft perfectly blamelefs in his ...
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... present the least known , he has spoken frequently of himself . - Not from vanity , a failing too cold and low for his ardent and elevated mind ; but , in advanced life , from motives of justice and honour , to defend himself against ...
... present the least known , he has spoken frequently of himself . - Not from vanity , a failing too cold and low for his ardent and elevated mind ; but , in advanced life , from motives of justice and honour , to defend himself against ...
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... present Milton to our fancy in a most favourable light . A travel- ler , fo little diftinguifhed by birth or opulence , would hardly have , obtained fuch a compliment from a nobleman of Manfo's experience , age , and dig- nity , had he ...
... present Milton to our fancy in a most favourable light . A travel- ler , fo little diftinguifhed by birth or opulence , would hardly have , obtained fuch a compliment from a nobleman of Manfo's experience , age , and dig- nity , had he ...
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... present the like offer in our antient " ftories . Or whether thofe dramatic conftituti- 66 ons , wherein Sophocles and Euripides reign , shall " be found more doctrinal and exemplary to a na " tion - Or , if occafion fhall lead , to ...
... present the like offer in our antient " ftories . Or whether thofe dramatic conftituti- 66 ons , wherein Sophocles and Euripides reign , shall " be found more doctrinal and exemplary to a na " tion - Or , if occafion fhall lead , to ...
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... present times . I had executed " four books , when , on the fettlement of the re- public , the council of ftate , then firft established by the authority of parliament , called me moft " unexpectedly to its fervice , and wifhed to ...
... present times . I had executed " four books , when , on the fettlement of the re- public , the council of ftate , then firft established by the authority of parliament , called me moft " unexpectedly to its fervice , and wifhed to ...
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