The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Volume 2C. and J. Rivington; J. Cuthell; J. Nunn; J. and W.T. Clarke; Longman and Company; ... [and 17 others], 1826 |
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... given by the editors of Milton . Toland only calls him a doctor of physick . Perhaps he was the physician to the army of General Monk . See Skinner's Life of General Monk , 1724 , p . 166. " General Monk hastened to Berwick from ...
... given by the editors of Milton . Toland only calls him a doctor of physick . Perhaps he was the physician to the army of General Monk . See Skinner's Life of General Monk , 1724 , p . 166. " General Monk hastened to Berwick from ...
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... given us of the Eneid . I do not remember that Homer any where falls into the faults above mentioned , which were indeed the false refinements of later ages , Milton , it must be confessed , has sometimes erred in this respect , as I ...
... given us of the Eneid . I do not remember that Homer any where falls into the faults above mentioned , which were indeed the false refinements of later ages , Milton , it must be confessed , has sometimes erred in this respect , as I ...
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... given a greater variety to his numbers . But this practice is more particularly remarkable in the names of persons and of countries , as Beelzebub , Hessebon , and in many other particulars , wherein he has either changed the name , or ...
... given a greater variety to his numbers . But this practice is more particularly remarkable in the names of persons and of countries , as Beelzebub , Hessebon , and in many other particulars , wherein he has either changed the name , or ...
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... given no reason for this precept : but I presume it is because the mind of the reader is more awed , and elevated , when he hears Æneas or Achilles speak , than when Virgil or Homer talk in their own persons . Besides that assum- ing ...
... given no reason for this precept : but I presume it is because the mind of the reader is more awed , and elevated , when he hears Æneas or Achilles speak , than when Virgil or Homer talk in their own persons . Besides that assum- ing ...
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... given it a place in his rhetorick among the beauties of that art . But , as it is in itself poor and trifling , it is I think at present universally exploded by all the masters of polite writing . The last fault which I shall take ...
... given it a place in his rhetorick among the beauties of that art . But , as it is in itself poor and trifling , it is I think at present universally exploded by all the masters of polite writing . The last fault which I shall take ...
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