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Page vii
... passages , then , in the present life of Mil- ton , should be noticed by the reader for pe- culiar deficiency in composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a father ...
... passages , then , in the present life of Mil- ton , should be noticed by the reader for pe- culiar deficiency in composition or in spirit , as he pronounces their merited condemnation let him be told that they were written by a father ...
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... passage , which I shall cite as worthy of the reader's atten tion , is in the " Apology for Smectymnuus . " After mentioning the charge which we have already noticed , our author procceds : - " For which commodious lic , that he may be ...
... passage , which I shall cite as worthy of the reader's atten tion , is in the " Apology for Smectymnuus . " After mentioning the charge which we have already noticed , our author procceds : - " For which commodious lic , that he may be ...
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Charles Symmons. passage , or rather has drawn a conclusion not warranted by his premises . He says that Milton declares himself weary of enduring " the threats of a rigorous master , and some- thing else , which a temper like his cannot ...
Charles Symmons. passage , or rather has drawn a conclusion not warranted by his premises . He says that Milton declares himself weary of enduring " the threats of a rigorous master , and some- thing else , which a temper like his cannot ...
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... passage in his own works , that he looked with no friendly eye either on the plan of education 2 observed in the University , or on the learning and the conduct of its members . We may con- Z a Treatise on Ed . to Hurtlib . Epist . Alex ...
... passage in his own works , that he looked with no friendly eye either on the plan of education 2 observed in the University , or on the learning and the conduct of its members . We may con- Z a Treatise on Ed . to Hurtlib . Epist . Alex ...
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... passage of the “ Vacation Exercise " we may infer some slight promise of that divine poem ; Yet I would rather , if I were to choose Thy service ( that of his native language ) in some graver subject use , Such as may make thee search ...
... passage of the “ Vacation Exercise " we may infer some slight promise of that divine poem ; Yet I would rather , if I were to choose Thy service ( that of his native language ) in some graver subject use , Such as may make thee search ...
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