Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton: Derived Principally from Documents in His Majesty's State-paper Office, Now First Published, Volume 6 |
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... remark , what I think is true , that Milton was the first Englishman who , after the ré- vival of letters , wrote Latin verses with classick ele- gance . " Milton's Latin exercises , which he recited publickly , are also marked with ...
... remark , what I think is true , that Milton was the first Englishman who , after the ré- vival of letters , wrote Latin verses with classick ele- gance . " Milton's Latin exercises , which he recited publickly , are also marked with ...
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... remarks Dr. Johnson has implicitly subscribed ; not without add- ing , however , that it may be conjectured , from the willingness with which the poet has perpetuated the memory of his exile , that its cause was such as gave him no ...
... remarks Dr. Johnson has implicitly subscribed ; not without add- ing , however , that it may be conjectured , from the willingness with which the poet has perpetuated the memory of his exile , that its cause was such as gave him no ...
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... remark made by Dr. Johnson , that the poet countenanced an opinion , prevalent in his time , " that the world was in its decay , and that we had the misfortune to be pro- duced in the decrepitude of nature . " In the pre- ceding year ...
... remark made by Dr. Johnson , that the poet countenanced an opinion , prevalent in his time , " that the world was in its decay , and that we had the misfortune to be pro- duced in the decrepitude of nature . " In the pre- ceding year ...
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... remarks , that his acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by the mixture of longer and shorter verses in Lycidas , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry . In Comus also the sweet rhythm and ca- dence of the Italian ...
... remarks , that his acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by the mixture of longer and shorter verses in Lycidas , according to the rules of Tuscan poetry . In Comus also the sweet rhythm and ca- dence of the Italian ...
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... remark on the commendatory notices of his countrymen . " Osservissi nelle lodi dagl ' Italiani date a questo grand Uomo ; com ' essi fin d'allora scorgevano in lui l'alta forza d'Ingegno che lo portava al primo Auge di gloria letteraria ...
... remark on the commendatory notices of his countrymen . " Osservissi nelle lodi dagl ' Italiani date a questo grand Uomo ; com ' essi fin d'allora scorgevano in lui l'alta forza d'Ingegno che lo portava al primo Auge di gloria letteraria ...
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