Life of John Milton1810 |
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... reference , I am induced to retain the entire composition , as it was written under the impression of principles , not liable to decay , and of wounded affections which can cease to pain , alas ! only in the grave . What I have now to ...
... reference , I am induced to retain the entire composition , as it was written under the impression of principles , not liable to decay , and of wounded affections which can cease to pain , alas ! only in the grave . What I have now to ...
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... reference to myself , I must regret that my acquaintance with this friend to literature and its profes- sors has been formed at so late a period : but it gratifies me to be yet indulged with this opportunity of acknowledging my obli ...
... reference to myself , I must regret that my acquaintance with this friend to literature and its profes- sors has been formed at so late a period : but it gratifies me to be yet indulged with this opportunity of acknowledging my obli ...
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... reference to my own case , a contrariety in some of the deci- sions of public criticism , I may be asked the cause of this opposition of judgment in writ- ers , who profess to determine without passion . and on principles which are ...
... reference to my own case , a contrariety in some of the deci- sions of public criticism , I may be asked the cause of this opposition of judgment in writ- ers , who profess to determine without passion . and on principles which are ...
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... reference to the execution of the following work that my calamities or my weaknesses can be of consequence to the public . If any passages then , in the present life of Mil- should be noticed by the reader for pe- culiar deficiency in ...
... reference to the execution of the following work that my calamities or my weaknesses can be of consequence to the public . If any passages then , in the present life of Mil- should be noticed by the reader for pe- culiar deficiency in ...
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... references will be made in the following work to the modern biographers of Milton , to many of them the author must necessarily have con- tracted important obligations ; of some of which he is conscious , though of others he may be ...
... references will be made in the following work to the modern biographers of Milton , to many of them the author must necessarily have con- tracted important obligations ; of some of which he is conscious , though of others he may be ...
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