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 pages |
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... Still hope , and triumph o'er thy evil day ; Trust thou shalt yet behold a happier time , And yet again enjoy thy native clime . The reader , inclined to fympathise in the joys of Milton , will be gratified in being informed , that his ...
... Still hope , and triumph o'er thy evil day ; Trust thou shalt yet behold a happier time , And yet again enjoy thy native clime . The reader , inclined to fympathise in the joys of Milton , will be gratified in being informed , that his ...
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... still more with anguifh of mind , give us little rea- fon to hope , that his life can be long ; common pru- dence , therefore , fuggefts to us to make the utmost of the time , while we can yet avail ourselves of such an inftructor t ...
... still more with anguifh of mind , give us little rea- fon to hope , that his life can be long ; common pru- dence , therefore , fuggefts to us to make the utmost of the time , while we can yet avail ourselves of such an inftructor t ...
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... still present Milton to our fancy in a most favourable light . A travel- ler , fo little diftinguifhed by birth or opulence , would hardly have , obtained fuch a compliment from a nobleman of Manfo's experience , age , and dig- nity ...
... still present Milton to our fancy in a most favourable light . A travel- ler , fo little diftinguifhed by birth or opulence , would hardly have , obtained fuch a compliment from a nobleman of Manfo's experience , age , and dig- nity ...
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... still my friend ! " He , faithful to my duft , with kind concern , Shall place it gently in a modest urn ; He too , perhaps , fhall bid the marble breathe To honour me , and with the graceful wreath , Or of Parnaffus , or the Paphian ...
... still my friend ! " He , faithful to my duft , with kind concern , Shall place it gently in a modest urn ; He too , perhaps , fhall bid the marble breathe To honour me , and with the graceful wreath , Or of Parnaffus , or the Paphian ...
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... still to seek . These beautiful lines are built in fome measure , as Bentley has remarked , upon a verse of Homer , the very verse admired by Socrates , which Dr. Johnson has not fcrupled to quote , as a part of his fingular ill ...
... still to seek . These beautiful lines are built in fome measure , as Bentley has remarked , upon a verse of Homer , the very verse admired by Socrates , which Dr. Johnson has not fcrupled to quote , as a part of his fingular ill ...
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