The Life of Milton: In Three Parts. To which are Added, Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost: with an Appendix. By William Hayley, EsqT. Cadell, junior, and W. Davies, (successors to Mr. Cadell), 1796 - 328 páginas |
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... Father , that there are but two kinds of Dedications , which can do honour either to the Patron or the Author - the first arising from lite- rary esteem , the second from perfonal affection . If either of these two characteristics may ...
... Father , that there are but two kinds of Dedications , which can do honour either to the Patron or the Author - the first arising from lite- rary esteem , the second from perfonal affection . If either of these two characteristics may ...
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... father , in Bread - street , and baptized on the 20th of the fame month . His christian name defcended to him from his grandfather . The family , once opulent proprietors of Milton , in Oxfordshire , lost that eftate in the civil wars ...
... father , in Bread - street , and baptized on the 20th of the fame month . His christian name defcended to him from his grandfather . The family , once opulent proprietors of Milton , in Oxfordshire , lost that eftate in the civil wars ...
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... father he has celebrated in a Latin poem , which cannot be too warmly admired , as a monument of filial ten- derness , and poetical enthusiasm . It is probable , that the fevere manner in which that indulgent father had been driven from ...
... father he has celebrated in a Latin poem , which cannot be too warmly admired , as a monument of filial ten- derness , and poetical enthusiasm . It is probable , that the fevere manner in which that indulgent father had been driven from ...
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... father * . A parent , who could enliven the drudgery of a dull pro- fession by a variety of elegant pursuits , must have been happy to difcern , and eager to cherish , the first dawning of genius in his child . In this point of view we ...
... father * . A parent , who could enliven the drudgery of a dull pro- fession by a variety of elegant pursuits , must have been happy to difcern , and eager to cherish , the first dawning of genius in his child . In this point of view we ...
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... father deftined me from my infancy to the ftudy of polite literature , which I embraced with such avidity , that from the age of twelve , I hardly ever retired from my books before midnight . This proved the first source of injury to my ...
... father deftined me from my infancy to the ftudy of polite literature , which I embraced with such avidity , that from the age of twelve , I hardly ever retired from my books before midnight . This proved the first source of injury to my ...
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