The Life of Milton: In Three Parts. To which are Added, Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost: with an AppendixT. Cadell, junior, 1796 - 328 páginas |
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... seems reasonable to credit the account of Philips , her grandfon , the earliest bio- grapher of Milton , who had the advantage of living with him as a relation and a difciple . Her name , according to this author , who speaks highly of ...
... seems reasonable to credit the account of Philips , her grandfon , the earliest bio- grapher of Milton , who had the advantage of living with him as a relation and a difciple . Her name , according to this author , who speaks highly of ...
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... seems to have experienced at Cambridge a chequered for- tune , very fimilar to his destiny in the world . It appears from fome remarkable paffages in the Latin exercifes , which he recited in his College , that he was at first an object ...
... seems to have experienced at Cambridge a chequered for- tune , very fimilar to his destiny in the world . It appears from fome remarkable paffages in the Latin exercifes , which he recited in his College , that he was at first an object ...
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... seems most probable , that Milton was threatened , indeed , with what he confidered as a punishment , not only dishonourable but un- merited ; that his manly fpirit difdained to fubmit to it ; and that he was therefore obliged to ...
... seems most probable , that Milton was threatened , indeed , with what he confidered as a punishment , not only dishonourable but un- merited ; that his manly fpirit difdained to fubmit to it ; and that he was therefore obliged to ...
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... seems to be founded on the idea , which he may be faid to have verified in his own conduct , that ftrict habits of temperance and virtue are highly conducive to the perfec- tion of great poetical powers . To poets of a lighter clafs D ...
... seems to be founded on the idea , which he may be faid to have verified in his own conduct , that ftrict habits of temperance and virtue are highly conducive to the perfec- tion of great poetical powers . To poets of a lighter clafs D ...
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... seem to confirm an anecdote related by Mr. Warton , from a manuscript of Oldys ; that the young and noble per- formers in this celebrated drama were really involved in adventures very fimilar to their theatrical fituation ; that in ...
... seem to confirm an anecdote related by Mr. Warton , from a manuscript of Oldys ; that the young and noble per- formers in this celebrated drama were really involved in adventures very fimilar to their theatrical fituation ; that in ...
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