The Life of John MiltonNichols and Son, 1806 - 566 pages |
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... purchased before . My own verses are new ; and novelty will generally be acceptable , even when the wares , which are stamped with it , happen to be of inferior value . : Whole in each bosom makes his just abode , 12 . LIFE OF MILTON .
... purchased before . My own verses are new ; and novelty will generally be acceptable , even when the wares , which are stamped with it , happen to be of inferior value . : Whole in each bosom makes his just abode , 12 . LIFE OF MILTON .
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... verse and prose with considerable taste ; and Mr. Warton mentions a latin epitaph from his pen , which bears testimony to the uncommon purity of his latin composition , C the limits of his own house for the four- e LIFE OF MILTON . 17.
... verse and prose with considerable taste ; and Mr. Warton mentions a latin epitaph from his pen , which bears testimony to the uncommon purity of his latin composition , C the limits of his own house for the four- e LIFE OF MILTON . 17.
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... verses , " Cæteraque , " & c . and other things besides threats , I shall leave to the reader to determine ; suggest- ing only that Dr. Johnson , for the purpose of concealing the weakness of his infer- ence , has intimated a false ...
... verses , " Cæteraque , " & c . and other things besides threats , I shall leave to the reader to determine ; suggest- ing only that Dr. Johnson , for the purpose of concealing the weakness of his infer- ence , has intimated a false ...
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Charles Symmons. ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in the verses written " At a solemn Q Musick , " we read the following lines , where , speaking of the wedded sounds of the harmo- nious sisters , Voice and Verse , the ...
Charles Symmons. ver strong power with an unformed taste . When in the verses written " At a solemn Q Musick , " we read the following lines , where , speaking of the wedded sounds of the harmo- nious sisters , Voice and Verse , the ...
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... verse walks upon Roman feet , will never , as I am confident , be placed in com- petition with our author by any adequate and unprejudiced judge . I speak with more direct reference to his elegies , which were all written in that ...
... verse walks upon Roman feet , will never , as I am confident , be placed in com- petition with our author by any adequate and unprejudiced judge . I speak with more direct reference to his elegies , which were all written in that ...
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