Paradise Lost, Book 1Hurst, 1900 - 408 pages |
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... Poets : Selections . Southey's Life of Nelson . Spenser's Faerie Queene , Book I. Stevenson's Kidnapped . Stevenson's The Master of Ballantrae . Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey , and An Inland Voyage . Stevenson's Treasure Island ...
... Poets : Selections . Southey's Life of Nelson . Spenser's Faerie Queene , Book I. Stevenson's Kidnapped . Stevenson's The Master of Ballantrae . Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey , and An Inland Voyage . Stevenson's Treasure Island ...
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... poetic instincts of the boy ; for his father was a musi- cian , a song - writer , and a composer of some reputa- tion . The boy had the advantage of the best schools of the time . That he did not waste his opportunities is shown when he ...
... poetic instincts of the boy ; for his father was a musi- cian , a song - writer , and a composer of some reputa- tion . The boy had the advantage of the best schools of the time . That he did not waste his opportunities is shown when he ...
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... poet was not so unlike ordinary mortals . In his early days at the University he was called , in good - natured allusion to his good conduct and to his effeminate looks , " The Lady . " He was , however , held in high respect , for he ...
... poet was not so unlike ordinary mortals . In his early days at the University he was called , in good - natured allusion to his good conduct and to his effeminate looks , " The Lady . " He was , however , held in high respect , for he ...
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... poet - soul resounded upon the mighty martial and political struggles through which he had passed . We might expect a serious , pious , and ambitious nature like Milton's to enter the church at the close of his college career . However ...
... poet - soul resounded upon the mighty martial and political struggles through which he had passed . We might expect a serious , pious , and ambitious nature like Milton's to enter the church at the close of his college career . However ...
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... poet . The poet had intended to visit Sicily and Greece , but the first muttering of the coming storm in England had reached his ear in that far - off land , and he ex- pressed his feelings at the time as follows : " I con- sidered it ...
... poet . The poet had intended to visit Sicily and Greece , but the first muttering of the coming storm in England had reached his ear in that far - off land , and he ex- pressed his feelings at the time as follows : " I con- sidered it ...
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