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... proved by the fact that he did not try to force the Muse's favors , and desisted after that attempt . His lit- erary ambition centered in his son , and his discernment and disinterestedness cannot be overpraised . He was con- vinced ...
... proved by the fact that he did not try to force the Muse's favors , and desisted after that attempt . His lit- erary ambition centered in his son , and his discernment and disinterestedness cannot be overpraised . He was con- vinced ...
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... proves , nor that of his comrades , as is visible in the opening sentences of the first of his Prolusiones . And yet , when he left the Uni- versity in 1632 , he had conquered : he went regretted by many , admired by all . " This change ...
... proves , nor that of his comrades , as is visible in the opening sentences of the first of his Prolusiones . And yet , when he left the Uni- versity in 1632 , he had conquered : he went regretted by many , admired by all . " This change ...
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... proved to be right ; his trust in destiny was not vain . From that struggle which was so bitter to his heart , he drew the very substance of Paradise Lost . Without knowing it , he prepared in his sacrifice the richest harvest of his ...
... proved to be right ; his trust in destiny was not vain . From that struggle which was so bitter to his heart , he drew the very substance of Paradise Lost . Without knowing it , he prepared in his sacrifice the richest harvest of his ...
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... proved wrong before a tribunal which admitted that sort of proof . Mil- ton believed in the efficacy of his efforts in this field ; his contemporaries did also , and therefore he was right : he produced much of the impression he wanted ...
... proved wrong before a tribunal which admitted that sort of proof . Mil- ton believed in the efficacy of his efforts in this field ; his contemporaries did also , and therefore he was right : he produced much of the impression he wanted ...
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... proving of his general policy , will condemn him because of his religious measures . - Sir , Amidst those deep and retired thoughts , which , with every man Christianly instructed , ought to be most frequent of God , and of his ...
... proving of his general policy , will condemn him because of his religious measures . - Sir , Amidst those deep and retired thoughts , which , with every man Christianly instructed , ought to be most frequent of God , and of his ...
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