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... heard Mr. Hampton , the trans- lator of Polybius , remark , what I think is true , that Milton was the first Englishman , who , after the re- vival of Letters , wrote Latin verses with classic ele- gance . If any exceptions can be made ...
... heard Mr. Hampton , the trans- lator of Polybius , remark , what I think is true , that Milton was the first Englishman , who , after the re- vival of Letters , wrote Latin verses with classic ele- gance . If any exceptions can be made ...
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... , after an absence of a year and three months . At his return he heard of the death of his friend Charles Diodati ; a man whom it is reasonable to 6 suppose of great merit , since he was thought 14 THE LIFE OF MILTON .
... , after an absence of a year and three months . At his return he heard of the death of his friend Charles Diodati ; a man whom it is reasonable to 6 suppose of great merit , since he was thought 14 THE LIFE OF MILTON .
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... heard 7 . That in his school , as in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great diligence , there is 6 7 Dr. Johnson alludes to a work , entitled , Tractatulus de Carmine Dramatis Poetarum Veterum præsertim in Choris ...
... heard 7 . That in his school , as in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great diligence , there is 6 7 Dr. Johnson alludes to a work , entitled , Tractatulus de Carmine Dramatis Poetarum Veterum præsertim in Choris ...
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... heard it from Dave- nant . In the war between the king and parliament , Davenant was made prisoner and condemned to die ; but was spared at the request of Milton . When the turn of success brought Milton into the like danger , Davenant ...
... heard it from Dave- nant . In the war between the king and parliament , Davenant was made prisoner and condemned to die ; but was spared at the request of Milton . When the turn of success brought Milton into the like danger , Davenant ...
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... heard this account , that I have seen erected in the church a statue of that man , whose name I once knew considered as a pollution of its walls . ' 6 Milton has the reputation of having been in his youth eminently beautiful , so as to ...
... heard this account , that I have seen erected in the church a statue of that man , whose name I once knew considered as a pollution of its walls . ' 6 Milton has the reputation of having been in his youth eminently beautiful , so as to ...
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