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Page 112
This matter , " says Ascham , after expressing his opinion that the verse of Plautus
and Terence and of the oldest Latin poets generally is very poor and crude , “
maketh me gladly remember “ my sweet time spent at Cambridge , and the ...
This matter , " says Ascham , after expressing his opinion that the verse of Plautus
and Terence and of the oldest Latin poets generally is very poor and crude , “
maketh me gladly remember “ my sweet time spent at Cambridge , and the ...
Page 311
Thus the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have been called the two eyes of
England ; while Ben Jonson called Edinburgh “ ' The heart of Scotland , Britain's
other eye , ” London , of course , being the first . 241 , 242. “ native ... or ...
Thus the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge have been called the two eyes of
England ; while Ben Jonson called Edinburgh “ ' The heart of Scotland , Britain's
other eye , ” London , of course , being the first . 241 , 242. “ native ... or ...
Page 316
In a Latin oratorical exercise of Milton during his days of Cambridge studentship ,
on the odd subject of the respective merits of Day and Night ( " Utrum Dies an
Nox pręstantior sit ? " ) , there are passages of description similar to some in this
...
In a Latin oratorical exercise of Milton during his days of Cambridge studentship ,
on the odd subject of the respective merits of Day and Night ( " Utrum Dies an
Nox pręstantior sit ? " ) , there are passages of description similar to some in this
...
Page 350
... Vice - Master of Trinity College , Cambridge , and one of the editors of the
Cambridge Shakespeare . Chancing , early in 1859 , to read this piece of Milton's
with some care , and fastening on the little bit of prose with which this concluding
...
... Vice - Master of Trinity College , Cambridge , and one of the editors of the
Cambridge Shakespeare . Chancing , early in 1859 , to read this piece of Milton's
with some care , and fastening on the little bit of prose with which this concluding
...
Page 359
They may be compared with Milton's fragment . ON TIME . 3 . “ Whose speed is
but the heavy plummet's pace , " i.e. the slow rate of descent of the leaden
weights in a clock . The lines , as the draft of them among the Cambridge MSS .
shows ...
They may be compared with Milton's fragment . ON TIME . 3 . “ Whose speed is
but the heavy plummet's pace , " i.e. the slow rate of descent of the leaden
weights in a clock . The lines , as the draft of them among the Cambridge MSS .
shows ...
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton |
| Author | John Mitford |
| Editors | John Mitford, David Masson |
| Publisher | J. R. Osgood, 1874 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 10 Nov 2016 |
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