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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... never fo plainly demonftrated as in that character that fays ' it is " great , and prevails ; and in that fenfe only fit to be adhered " to by a prudent man , who will never be kinder to truth than fhe is to him ; for fuffering is a ...
... never fo plainly demonftrated as in that character that fays ' it is " great , and prevails ; and in that fenfe only fit to be adhered " to by a prudent man , who will never be kinder to truth than fhe is to him ; for fuffering is a ...
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... never fails to embitter life ; and perhaps the fource of such contention , " " Caufa- " " teterrima belli inftead of being a fair and faithlefs Helen , is nothing more than a particle of grammar in a dead language . O that the fpleen ...
... never fails to embitter life ; and perhaps the fource of such contention , " " Caufa- " " teterrima belli inftead of being a fair and faithlefs Helen , is nothing more than a particle of grammar in a dead language . O that the fpleen ...
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... the mental delight of all the world - for rarely , very rarely indeed , has heaven bestowed on any in- dividual fuch an ample , fuch a variegated por- tion of true poetical genius , and never did it tion xxiv DEDICATION .
... the mental delight of all the world - for rarely , very rarely indeed , has heaven bestowed on any in- dividual fuch an ample , fuch a variegated por- tion of true poetical genius , and never did it tion xxiv DEDICATION .
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... never did it add greater purity of heart to that divine yet perilous talent , to guide and fanctify its exertion . Those who are beft acquainted with the writings and the virtues of my ineftimable friend , must be most fervent in their ...
... never did it add greater purity of heart to that divine yet perilous talent , to guide and fanctify its exertion . Those who are beft acquainted with the writings and the virtues of my ineftimable friend , must be most fervent in their ...
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... have excelled " Milton in their firft effays , who never rofe to " works like Paradife Loft . " This is the first of many remarks , replete with This THE LIFE OF MILTON . 13 As the year in which he quitted England (1623...
... have excelled " Milton in their firft effays , who never rofe to " works like Paradife Loft . " This is the first of many remarks , replete with This THE LIFE OF MILTON . 13 As the year in which he quitted England (1623...
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