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Page 106
In reading Milton , or any other English author , the student ought surely to have
an English dictionary beside him ; and why should he be saved the wholesome
trouble of looking up any ordinary word about the derivation of which he may be ...
In reading Milton , or any other English author , the student ought surely to have
an English dictionary beside him ; and why should he be saved the wholesome
trouble of looking up any ordinary word about the derivation of which he may be ...
Page 108
From this it would appear that Barrow had been born about 1625 , and was
Milton's junior by about seventeen years . From 1671 onwards to his death in
1682 I find him mentioned in Chamberlayne's Anglia Notitia as one of the “
Principal ...
From this it would appear that Barrow had been born about 1625 , and was
Milton's junior by about seventeen years . From 1671 onwards to his death in
1682 I find him mentioned in Chamberlayne's Anglia Notitia as one of the “
Principal ...
Page 109
Marvell , we may add , promised Aubrey , after Milton's death , to write his
recollections of Milton for the use of Wood in his Athena et Fasti Oxonienses ; but
he himself died in August 1678 , four years after Milton , without having
performed his ...
Marvell , we may add , promised Aubrey , after Milton's death , to write his
recollections of Milton for the use of Wood in his Athena et Fasti Oxonienses ; but
he himself died in August 1678 , four years after Milton , without having
performed his ...
Page 110
epic or narrative purposes , must have been an innovation discomposing to
Dryden , as helping to turn the scale against his own advocacy of Rhyme . Hence
perhaps , with all his admiration of Milton , his proposal to try the effects of a
Rhymed ...
epic or narrative purposes , must have been an innovation discomposing to
Dryden , as helping to turn the scale against his own advocacy of Rhyme . Hence
perhaps , with all his admiration of Milton , his proposal to try the effects of a
Rhymed ...
Page 111
This is not the place to discuss the question of theory so raised , about which a
great deal might be said for Rhyme that is left unsuggested in Milton's brief
decision . It is more relevant to glance at Milton's sketch of the history of the
question ...
This is not the place to discuss the question of theory so raised , about which a
great deal might be said for Rhyme that is left unsuggested in Milton's brief
decision . It is more relevant to glance at Milton's sketch of the history of the
question ...
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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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