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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... Taffo ; and which two engaging biographers of later date , the Abbé de Sade and Mr. Mafon , have carried to greater perfection in their respective memoirs of Petrarch and of Gray . By weaving into their narrative felections of verse and ...
... Taffo ; and which two engaging biographers of later date , the Abbé de Sade and Mr. Mafon , have carried to greater perfection in their respective memoirs of Petrarch and of Gray . By weaving into their narrative felections of verse and ...
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... Taffo and Marini ; they have both left poetical memorials of their efteem for the Marquis , who acquired his title as a foldier in the service of Spain , but retiring early , with confidera- ble wealth , to Naples , his native city , he ...
... Taffo and Marini ; they have both left poetical memorials of their efteem for the Marquis , who acquired his title as a foldier in the service of Spain , but retiring early , with confidera- ble wealth , to Naples , his native city , he ...
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... Taffo , in a dialogue on friendfhip , that bears the name of Manfo , was near eighty when Milton became his gueft : he feems to have been endeared to the ima- gination of our poet by the liberal and affectionate tribute he had paid to ...
... Taffo , in a dialogue on friendfhip , that bears the name of Manfo , was near eighty when Milton became his gueft : he feems to have been endeared to the ima- gination of our poet by the liberal and affectionate tribute he had paid to ...
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... Taffo addreffed to his courteous and liberal friend , two are very beautiful ; but even these are furpaffed , both in energy and tendernefs , by the following conclufion of a poem , inscribed to Manso , by Milton . Diis delecte fenex ...
... Taffo addreffed to his courteous and liberal friend , two are very beautiful ; but even these are furpaffed , both in energy and tendernefs , by the following conclufion of a poem , inscribed to Manso , by Milton . Diis delecte fenex ...
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... Taffo ; the friend who had cherifhed that great and afflicted poet under his roof in a feafon of his mental calamity , had reftored his health , re his THE LIFE OF MILTON . 49 Then after all, when with the paft content, ...
... Taffo ; the friend who had cherifhed that great and afflicted poet under his roof in a feafon of his mental calamity , had reftored his health , re his THE LIFE OF MILTON . 49 Then after all, when with the paft content, ...
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