The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... Muses lead my hours along , And all my day is study or is song . Then , tired , I hasten where the scene commands The crowded theatre's applauding hands : Whether it's fictions show , with mimic truth , A cautious parent , or a ...
... Muses lead my hours along , And all my day is study or is song . Then , tired , I hasten where the scene commands The crowded theatre's applauding hands : Whether it's fictions show , with mimic truth , A cautious parent , or a ...
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... Muses , he discovered that neither " soft shades , " nor a retirement from " the murmur of the hoarse schools , " were essentially necessary to his inspiration . In this space of time , his vigorous and ardent genius broke out in ...
... Muses , he discovered that neither " soft shades , " nor a retirement from " the murmur of the hoarse schools , " were essentially necessary to his inspiration . In this space of time , his vigorous and ardent genius broke out in ...
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... muse , he produced some other small pieces of poetry in his native language , which are all distin- guished by beauties and faults , and disco- ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in LIFE OF MILTON . 41 The hooked chariot ...
... muse , he produced some other small pieces of poetry in his native language , which are all distin- guished by beauties and faults , and disco- ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in LIFE OF MILTON . 41 The hooked chariot ...
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... of Wales . She was of the same family with Spencer the poet ; and had been his patroness and his theme of praise before she was celebrated by Milton's muse . of Egerton , to have been the connecting link between 56 LIFE OF MILTON .
... of Wales . She was of the same family with Spencer the poet ; and had been his patroness and his theme of praise before she was celebrated by Milton's muse . of Egerton , to have been the connecting link between 56 LIFE OF MILTON .
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... muse of Shakspeare , by whom , in this re- spect , it is possibly exceeded . With Shakspeare the whole , with excep- tion to some rude outlines or suggestions of the story , is the immediate emanation of his own mind : but Milton's ...
... muse of Shakspeare , by whom , in this re- spect , it is possibly exceeded . With Shakspeare the whole , with excep- tion to some rude outlines or suggestions of the story , is the immediate emanation of his own mind : but Milton's ...
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