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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... fecond defence * : " My father destined me from my infancy to the ftudy of polite literature , which I embraced with fuch avidity , that from the age of twelve , I hardly ever retired from my books before midnight . This proved the ...
... fecond defence * : " My father destined me from my infancy to the ftudy of polite literature , which I embraced with fuch avidity , that from the age of twelve , I hardly ever retired from my books before midnight . This proved the ...
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... fecond rank among the Latins , I ap- ઃઃ plied myself to that refolution , which Ariofto fol- " lowed against the perfuafions of Bembo , to fix all " the industry and art I could unite to the adorning " of my native tongue ; not to ...
... fecond rank among the Latins , I ap- ઃઃ plied myself to that refolution , which Ariofto fol- " lowed against the perfuafions of Bembo , to fix all " the industry and art I could unite to the adorning " of my native tongue ; not to ...
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... fecond refidence of almost two months in Florence , whence he made an excurfion to Lucca , a place endeared to him by having produced the an- cestors of his favourite friend Diodati , he extended his travels through Bologna and Ferrara ...
... fecond refidence of almost two months in Florence , whence he made an excurfion to Lucca , a place endeared to him by having produced the an- cestors of his favourite friend Diodati , he extended his travels through Bologna and Ferrara ...
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... fecond farcaftic infult , which his biographer has bestowed upon him as the master of a school . The lodging in which he settled , on his arrival from the continent , was foon exchanged for a more spacious house and garden , in ...
... fecond farcaftic infult , which his biographer has bestowed upon him as the master of a school . The lodging in which he settled , on his arrival from the continent , was foon exchanged for a more spacious house and garden , in ...
Page 86
... fecond marriage not only for " adultery and defertion , but for any capital en- " mity or plot laid against the other's life , and " likewife for evil and fierce ufage . Nay , the " twelfth chapter of that title , by plain confequence ...
... fecond marriage not only for " adultery and defertion , but for any capital en- " mity or plot laid against the other's life , and " likewife for evil and fierce ufage . Nay , the " twelfth chapter of that title , by plain confequence ...
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