A Lecture on the Writings: Prose and Poetic, and Character, Public and Personal, of John Milton, Delivered at Several Metropolitan Literary InstitutionsH. Hooper, 1838 - 55 pages |
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... minds by the misrepresen- tations of some of our greatest writers , and from the unpopu- larity , till modern times , of several opinions advocated by him . The fame of Milton , however , is growing and will . grow ; for it is of a ...
... minds by the misrepresen- tations of some of our greatest writers , and from the unpopu- larity , till modern times , of several opinions advocated by him . The fame of Milton , however , is growing and will . grow ; for it is of a ...
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... been through life the victim , and which after subjecting his rich intellect to gradually increasing imbecility for a few years , finally destroyed both mind and body . whom it is the wise and gracious dispensation of Providence 7.
... been through life the victim , and which after subjecting his rich intellect to gradually increasing imbecility for a few years , finally destroyed both mind and body . whom it is the wise and gracious dispensation of Providence 7.
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... mind , let us now trace him more particularly in his career . And , I know not how it is pos- sible to give you so concise and yet comprehensive a des- cription of his boyhood and youth up to the time when he first engaged in the ...
... mind , let us now trace him more particularly in his career . And , I know not how it is pos- sible to give you so concise and yet comprehensive a des- cription of his boyhood and youth up to the time when he first engaged in the ...
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... mind , and set the affections in right tune , to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness ........ Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader , that for some few years yet ...
... mind , and set the affections in right tune , to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness ........ Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader , that for some few years yet ...
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... minds and destinies of men for ages ; and who have spoken , and yet speak , through their glorious works . " Their ... mind was filled with those Truths serene 66 " Made visible in beauty , that shall glow " In everlasting freshness ...
... minds and destinies of men for ages ; and who have spoken , and yet speak , through their glorious works . " Their ... mind was filled with those Truths serene 66 " Made visible in beauty , that shall glow " In everlasting freshness ...
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A Lecture on the Writings: Prose and Poetic, and Character, Public and ... Alfred Augustus Fry No preview available - 2018 |
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