“The” Lives Of The Poets Of Great Britain And Ireland, To The Time Of Dean Swift: In Four Volumes, Volume 2 |
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Page 42
... used to lye in his mother's par- lour , he knew not by what accident , for fhe read no books but thofe of devotion ; the knights , giants , and monfters filled his imagination ; he read the whole over before he was 12 years old , and ...
... used to lye in his mother's par- lour , he knew not by what accident , for fhe read no books but thofe of devotion ; the knights , giants , and monfters filled his imagination ; he read the whole over before he was 12 years old , and ...
Page 91
... fung after the old tunes used in churches , Lond . 1651 , in 12mo . There is nothing more ridiculous than this notion of the vulgar of not parting with their old old verfions of the pfalms , as if there were H. KING , B. CHICHESTER . 91.
... fung after the old tunes used in churches , Lond . 1651 , in 12mo . There is nothing more ridiculous than this notion of the vulgar of not parting with their old old verfions of the pfalms , as if there were H. KING , B. CHICHESTER . 91.
Page 127
... used to fit leaning backwards ob- liquely in an eafy chair , with his legs flung over the elbows of it ; that he frequently compofed ly-- ing a - bed in a morning , and that when he could not fleep , but lay awake whole nights , he ...
... used to fit leaning backwards ob- liquely in an eafy chair , with his legs flung over the elbows of it ; that he frequently compofed ly-- ing a - bed in a morning , and that when he could not fleep , but lay awake whole nights , he ...
Page 135
... used against the Growth of Popery , London , in 4to . He publifh- ed likewife the fame year , Poems , & c . on feveral Occasions , both English and Latin , compofed at feveral times , with a fmall Tractate of Education to , Mr. Hartlib ...
... used against the Growth of Popery , London , in 4to . He publifh- ed likewife the fame year , Poems , & c . on feveral Occasions , both English and Latin , compofed at feveral times , with a fmall Tractate of Education to , Mr. Hartlib ...
Page 139
... used to relate this ftory ; fo that little credit is due to his teftimony . It is almost im- poffible to believe Milton capable of fuch difin- genuous meannefs , to ferve fo bad a purpofe , and there is as little reafon for fixing it ...
... used to relate this ftory ; fo that little credit is due to his teftimony . It is almost im- poffible to believe Milton capable of fuch difin- genuous meannefs , to ferve fo bad a purpofe , and there is as little reafon for fixing it ...
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