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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... Some of his Englifh verfes bear an earlier date . The firft of his juvenile productions , in the language which he was deftined to ennoble , is a paraphrafe which THE LIFE OF MILTON . 15 that the truly eloquent and fplendid encomium, ...
... Some of his Englifh verfes bear an earlier date . The firft of his juvenile productions , in the language which he was deftined to ennoble , is a paraphrafe which THE LIFE OF MILTON . 15 that the truly eloquent and fplendid encomium, ...
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... some graver subject use ; Such as may make thee fearch thy coffers round , Before thou clothe my fancy in fit found ; Such , where the deep tranfported mind may foar Above the wheeling poles , and at Heay'n's door Look in , and fee each ...
... some graver subject use ; Such as may make thee fearch thy coffers round , Before thou clothe my fancy in fit found ; Such , where the deep tranfported mind may foar Above the wheeling poles , and at Heay'n's door Look in , and fee each ...
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... some self pleasing humour of vain " glory has incited me to conteft with men of high " eftimation , now while green years are upon my " head ; from this needless furmifal I fhall hope to " diffuade the intelligent and equal auditor , if ...
... some self pleasing humour of vain " glory has incited me to conteft with men of high " eftimation , now while green years are upon my " head ; from this needless furmifal I fhall hope to " diffuade the intelligent and equal auditor , if ...
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... some measure vindicates the good fenfe of our country , by fhewing that , in the very year of Milton's decease , when fome writers have fuppofed that his poetical merit was almost utterly unknown , there were perfons in the nation , who ...
... some measure vindicates the good fenfe of our country , by fhewing that , in the very year of Milton's decease , when fome writers have fuppofed that his poetical merit was almost utterly unknown , there were perfons in the nation , who ...
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... some paffages in his controverfial writings , that must be read with concern by his most paffionate admirers ; yet even the gloom and feverity of these are com- penfated by fuch occafional flashes of ardent fancy , of found argument ...
... some paffages in his controverfial writings , that must be read with concern by his most paffionate admirers ; yet even the gloom and feverity of these are com- penfated by fuch occafional flashes of ardent fancy , of found argument ...
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