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Page xii
For this supposed friend , knowing Milton's bad circumstances , thought that he had a fit opportunity to foist into the work several of his own verses , without the blind poet's discovery . This trick has too frequently been 8 8 See ...
For this supposed friend , knowing Milton's bad circumstances , thought that he had a fit opportunity to foist into the work several of his own verses , without the blind poet's discovery . This trick has too frequently been 8 8 See ...
Page xiii
It was a satisfaction to see what so great a genius thought particularly of that edition , and he appears throughout the whole to have been a very candid reader , and to have approved of more than really merits approbation .
It was a satisfaction to see what so great a genius thought particularly of that edition , and he appears throughout the whole to have been a very candid reader , and to have approved of more than really merits approbation .
Page xxv
... it has also a vigour of expression , a dignity of sentiment , and elevation of thought rarely found in very young writers . ' This praise is just but its Latinity is not so flowing , or elegant , as that of his later poems .
... it has also a vigour of expression , a dignity of sentiment , and elevation of thought rarely found in very young writers . ' This praise is just but its Latinity is not so flowing , or elegant , as that of his later poems .
Page xxvi
... with a conscience that he would relish , he must either straight perjure or split his faith ; I thought better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing .
... with a conscience that he would relish , he must either straight perjure or split his faith ; I thought better to prefer a blameless silence before the sacred office of speaking , bought and begun with servitude and forswearing .
Page xxxiv
Mr. Walker , when at Naples , endeavoured to discover the villa where Manso had received the visits of Milton and Tasso . See Hist . Mem . 1799 ; App . p . xxvi . xxxi . and the parliament ; and he thought it his duty xxxiv LIFE OF MILTON .
Mr. Walker , when at Naples , endeavoured to discover the villa where Manso had received the visits of Milton and Tasso . See Hist . Mem . 1799 ; App . p . xxvi . xxxi . and the parliament ; and he thought it his duty xxxiv LIFE OF MILTON .
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1 The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the Author, John Mitford |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1838 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Mar 5, 2009 |
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