John Milton, EnglishmanGollancz, 1950 - 314 pages |
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... matter me thought I lov'd indeed , but as my age then was , so I understood them ; others were the smooth Elegiack Poets , whereof the Schooles are not scarce . Whom both for the pleasing sound of their numerous writing , which in ...
... matter me thought I lov'd indeed , but as my age then was , so I understood them ; others were the smooth Elegiack Poets , whereof the Schooles are not scarce . Whom both for the pleasing sound of their numerous writing , which in ...
Page 141
... matter . It is a striking fact that we hear nothing of the poetic plans to which he alluded so frequently in the ecclesiastical tracts . The truth is that Milton is now actually embarked on the enterprise for which he had prepared ...
... matter . It is a striking fact that we hear nothing of the poetic plans to which he alluded so frequently in the ecclesiastical tracts . The truth is that Milton is now actually embarked on the enterprise for which he had prepared ...
Page 183
... matter of pity as of good policy . The execution or life imprisonment of Milton could have done only harm to the popularity of the Stuart régime , and cooler heads would inevitably have recognised this fact . The method actually taken ...
... matter of pity as of good policy . The execution or life imprisonment of Milton could have done only harm to the popularity of the Stuart régime , and cooler heads would inevitably have recognised this fact . The method actually taken ...
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