The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 7J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... period of the publication . Eighteen months ago I felt an interest in the scene around me , of which I must never again hope to be sen- sible ; and my pen , which now moves only in obedience to duty , was then quickened by the ...
... period of the publication . Eighteen months ago I felt an interest in the scene around me , of which I must never again hope to be sen- sible ; and my pen , which now moves only in obedience to duty , was then quickened by the ...
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... periods of the last century , some fatal wounds on the constitution , or with those men , who in later times , have struggled , in the abandonment of their party and its spirit , to retain its honourable appel- lation , -I glory as I ...
... periods of the last century , some fatal wounds on the constitution , or with those men , who in later times , have struggled , in the abandonment of their party and its spirit , to retain its honourable appel- lation , -I glory as I ...
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... period of his life , was knighted , and raised by James the second , first to be a baron of the Exchequer , and , subsequently , one of the judges of the Common Pleas . During the • Burney's Hist . of Music , vol . iii . p . 134 ...
... period of his life , was knighted , and raised by James the second , first to be a baron of the Exchequer , and , subsequently , one of the judges of the Common Pleas . During the • Burney's Hist . of Music , vol . iii . p . 134 ...
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... period ; and the advantages , which he derived from the at- tentions of a father , so qualified as his , to discover and to appreciate genius , must ne- cessarily have been great . Every incitement to exertion , and every mode of ...
... period ; and the advantages , which he derived from the at- tentions of a father , so qualified as his , to discover and to appreciate genius , must ne- cessarily have been great . Every incitement to exertion , and every mode of ...
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... period this connexion began or ended is not now to be ascertained . It has been deemed probable , that Young continued in his office till the time when , in consequence of his religious opinions , he was compelled to retire to the ...
... period this connexion began or ended is not now to be ascertained . It has been deemed probable , that Young continued in his office till the time when , in consequence of his religious opinions , he was compelled to retire to the ...
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