The Works of Samuel Johnson: Miscellaneous piecesW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 |
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... Paradise Lost 267 • Letter to the Rev. Mr. Douglas , occasioned by his vindication of Milton , & c . By William Lauder , A. M .... 271 • Testimonies concerning Mr. Lauder ...... 283 Account of an attempt to ascertain the longitude ...
... Paradise Lost 267 • Letter to the Rev. Mr. Douglas , occasioned by his vindication of Milton , & c . By William Lauder , A. M .... 271 • Testimonies concerning Mr. Lauder ...... 283 Account of an attempt to ascertain the longitude ...
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... Paradise Lost : 66 In heaps Chariot and charioteer lay overturn'd , And fiery foaming steeds . What stood , recoil'd O'erwearied , through the faint satanic host , Defensive scarce , or with pale fear surpris'd , Fled ignominious . Here ...
... Paradise Lost : 66 In heaps Chariot and charioteer lay overturn'd , And fiery foaming steeds . What stood , recoil'd O'erwearied , through the faint satanic host , Defensive scarce , or with pale fear surpris'd , Fled ignominious . Here ...
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... PARADISE LOST . FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1750 . Ir is now more than half a century since the Paradise Lost , having broke through the clouds with which the un- popularity of the author , for a time , obscured it , has at- tracted the ...
... PARADISE LOST . FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE YEAR 1750 . Ir is now more than half a century since the Paradise Lost , having broke through the clouds with which the un- popularity of the author , for a time , obscured it , has at- tracted the ...
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... Paradise Lost was taken from a farce called Adamo , written by a player ; Dr. Pearce , that it was derived from an Italian tragedy , called Il Para- diso Perso ; and Mr. Peck , that it was borrowed from a wild romance . Any of these ...
... Paradise Lost was taken from a farce called Adamo , written by a player ; Dr. Pearce , that it was derived from an Italian tragedy , called Il Para- diso Perso ; and Mr. Peck , that it was borrowed from a wild romance . Any of these ...
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... Paradise Lost was at first a tragedy , and , there- fore , amongst tragedies the first hint is properly to be sought . In a manuscript , published from Milton's own hand , among a great number of subjects for tragedy ... PARADISE LOST . 269.
... Paradise Lost was at first a tragedy , and , there- fore , amongst tragedies the first hint is properly to be sought . In a manuscript , published from Milton's own hand , among a great number of subjects for tragedy ... PARADISE LOST . 269.
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