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Page vii
... 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 , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride ...
... 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 , who with a daughter , the delight and , alas ! perhaps too much , the pride ...
Page viii
... readers ; for I have made too explicit an avowal of my political creed , with refer- ence to the civil and the ecclesiastical system , of which I am fortunately a member , to be under any apprehensions of suffering by mis- which I at of ...
... readers ; for I have made too explicit an avowal of my political creed , with refer- ence to the civil and the ecclesiastical system , of which I am fortunately a member , to be under any apprehensions of suffering by mis- which I at of ...
Page xii
... reader , and are too trivial to merit particular notice . P. 73. 1. 10. for " EverTace " r . EVEσTAGE . 74. 1. 13. for " Londino " r . Londini . -- 1. 19. for " our " r . your . 166. 1.21 . for " Healthy and soft " r . Stealthy and soft ...
... reader , and are too trivial to merit particular notice . P. 73. 1. 10. for " EverTace " r . EVEσTAGE . 74. 1. 13. for " Londino " r . Londini . -- 1. 19. for " our " r . your . 166. 1.21 . for " Healthy and soft " r . Stealthy and soft ...
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... reader will have cause to be out of humour with me , if I offer to him only what he has seen and purchased before . My own verses are new ; and novelty will generally be acceptable , even when the wares , which are stamped with it ...
... reader will have cause to be out of humour with me , if I offer to him only what he has seen and purchased before . My own verses are new ; and novelty will generally be acceptable , even when the wares , which are stamped with it ...
Page 13
... one could merit , and how one could praise ! * Some part of our author's early educa- The reader will find an entire translation of this poem at the end of the volume . 1 tion was committed to the care of Mr. Tho- mas LIFE OF MILTON . 13.
... one could merit , and how one could praise ! * Some part of our author's early educa- The reader will find an entire translation of this poem at the end of the volume . 1 tion was committed to the care of Mr. Tho- mas LIFE OF MILTON . 13.
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