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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... last century ,. without being suspected of framing deadly ma- chinations against the monarchs of the present day ; and when the principles of a Jacobin were very blindly imputed to a truly English writer of acknowledged genius , and of ...
... last century ,. without being suspected of framing deadly ma- chinations against the monarchs of the present day ; and when the principles of a Jacobin were very blindly imputed to a truly English writer of acknowledged genius , and of ...
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... last student in either Univerfity that fuffer- ed the public indignity of corporal punishment . " In confirmation of this incident , which appears im- probable , though fupported by Mr. Warton , the biographical critic alledges the ...
... last student in either Univerfity that fuffer- ed the public indignity of corporal punishment . " In confirmation of this incident , which appears im- probable , though fupported by Mr. Warton , the biographical critic alledges the ...
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... last year of his refidence under the roof of his father , and exhibits a lively picture of his progrefs in learning , his paffion for virtue , and his hope of renown . " To give you an account of my ftudies , " he fays , " I have ...
... last year of his refidence under the roof of his father , and exhibits a lively picture of his progrefs in learning , his paffion for virtue , and his hope of renown . " To give you an account of my ftudies , " he fays , " I have ...
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... last he find , When least he fears it , death his treasure steals , And gives his heart a wound that nothing heals , There is , indeed , but one effectual lenitive for wounds of this nature , which Milton happily pof- feffed in the ...
... last he find , When least he fears it , death his treasure steals , And gives his heart a wound that nothing heals , There is , indeed , but one effectual lenitive for wounds of this nature , which Milton happily pof- feffed in the ...
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... last three years , as my remaining eye failed by degrees fome months before my fight was utterly gone , all things that I could difcern , though I moved not myself , ap- peared to fluctuate , now to the right , now to the left ...
... last three years , as my remaining eye failed by degrees fome months before my fight was utterly gone , all things that I could difcern , though I moved not myself , ap- peared to fluctuate , now to the right , now to the left ...
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