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 ... |
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obliging friends , who had the kindness to search for me the great libraries of
Paris and Rome , in the hope of discovering some neglected composition , or
latent anecdote , that might be useful to a biographer of Milton . The success of
these ...
obliging friends , who had the kindness to search for me the great libraries of
Paris and Rome , in the hope of discovering some neglected composition , or
latent anecdote , that might be useful to a biographer of Milton . The success of
these ...
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Some of his English verses bear an earlier date . * The first of his juvenile
productions , in the language which he was destined to ennoble , is a paraphrase
which THE LIFE OF MILTON . 15 that' the truly eloquent and fplendid encomium, .
..
Some of his English verses bear an earlier date . * The first of his juvenile
productions , in the language which he was destined to ennoble , is a paraphrase
which THE LIFE OF MILTON . 15 that' the truly eloquent and fplendid encomium, .
..
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most likely to seize a hint of this kind with avidity , and expressions in Paradise
Lost have led an Italian biographer of the poet to suppose , that while he refided
at Florence he caught from Galileo , or his disciples , some ideas approaching ...
most likely to seize a hint of this kind with avidity , and expressions in Paradise
Lost have led an Italian biographer of the poet to suppose , that while he refided
at Florence he caught from Galileo , or his disciples , some ideas approaching ...
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I transcribe with pleasure this honest and simple eulogy ; it does credit to the
intelligence and affection of the poet's disciple , and it in some measure
vindicates the good sense of our country , by shewing that , in the very year of
Milton's ...
I transcribe with pleasure this honest and simple eulogy ; it does credit to the
intelligence and affection of the poet's disciple , and it in some measure
vindicates the good sense of our country , by shewing that , in the very year of
Milton's ...
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We have lost , perhaps , some little poems that flowed from the heart of Milton , by
their being addressed to persons who , in the vicissitudes of public fortune , were
suddenly plunged into obscurity with the honours they had received . Some of ...
We have lost , perhaps , some little poems that flowed from the heart of Milton , by
their being addressed to persons who , in the vicissitudes of public fortune , were
suddenly plunged into obscurity with the honours they had received . Some of ...
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