The Poetical Works of John Milton: Reprinted from the Best Editions, with Memoir, Explanatory Notes EtcF. Warne., 1889 - 581 pages |
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Page viii
... heard Mr. Hampton , the translator of Polybius , say that Milton was the first Englishman who , after the revival of letters , wrote Latin verses with classical elegance . " While at Cambridge he wrote his Elegy , " Ad Thomam Junium ...
... heard Mr. Hampton , the translator of Polybius , say that Milton was the first Englishman who , after the revival of letters , wrote Latin verses with classical elegance . " While at Cambridge he wrote his Elegy , " Ad Thomam Junium ...
Page xii
... heard the fair wonder sing to her mother's accompaniment . He celebrated her genius in three fine Latin epigrams . ( See page 549. ) Whether she was the " Donna " of his Italian sonnets we cannot tell ; her name recalled the Leonora of ...
... heard the fair wonder sing to her mother's accompaniment . He celebrated her genius in three fine Latin epigrams . ( See page 549. ) Whether she was the " Donna " of his Italian sonnets we cannot tell ; her name recalled the Leonora of ...
Page xiv
... heard continually the extravagances and wickedness of the favourite Villiers , the theme of animadversion ; the death of Sir Walter Raleigh must have been to him a boyish horror also ; all England lamented that murder ; and the ...
... heard continually the extravagances and wickedness of the favourite Villiers , the theme of animadversion ; the death of Sir Walter Raleigh must have been to him a boyish horror also ; all England lamented that murder ; and the ...
Page xxiv
... heard in other countries , where this kind of inquisition tyran- nizes ; when I have sat among their learned men ( for that honour I had ) , and been counted happy to be born in such a place of philo- sophic freedom , as they supposed ...
... heard in other countries , where this kind of inquisition tyran- nizes ; when I have sat among their learned men ( for that honour I had ) , and been counted happy to be born in such a place of philo- sophic freedom , as they supposed ...
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... heard them give thee this , that thou shouldst still From eyes of mortals walk invisible : Yet there is something that doth force my fear , For once it was my dismal hap to hear A Sibyl old , bow - bent with crooked age , That far ...
... heard them give thee this , that thou shouldst still From eyes of mortals walk invisible : Yet there is something that doth force my fear , For once it was my dismal hap to hear A Sibyl old , bow - bent with crooked age , That far ...
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