Life of John Milton1810 |
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Page 5
... respect to time therefore , he took his degree with the strictest regularity , and as soon as he properly could . This fact however is not , after all , so decisive of the controverted point as I once thought it , or as my censor , ( if ...
... respect to time therefore , he took his degree with the strictest regularity , and as soon as he properly could . This fact however is not , after all , so decisive of the controverted point as I once thought it , or as my censor , ( if ...
Page 8
... of worth by professing my respect for him . On striking the account with public criti- cism , I am gratified to find the balance con- siderably in my favour . If in some of its pages I am subjected to more censure and in others 8 PREFACE .
... of worth by professing my respect for him . On striking the account with public criti- cism , I am gratified to find the balance con- siderably in my favour . If in some of its pages I am subjected to more censure and in others 8 PREFACE .
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... respect and our pity , I have been censured with some degree of harshness by a writer , of whose conduct to me in other respects I feel no reason to com- plain . The intellectual power of Dr. John- son with his numerous virtues , and ...
... respect and our pity , I have been censured with some degree of harshness by a writer , of whose conduct to me in other respects I feel no reason to com- plain . The intellectual power of Dr. John- son with his numerous virtues , and ...
Page 16
... respect to their deceased monarchs , sub- mit the dead to the striking solemnity of a ju- process , it belongs to the historian and the biographer to bring their conduct to the bar of Truth , and firmly to pronounce her sentence of ...
... respect to their deceased monarchs , sub- mit the dead to the striking solemnity of a ju- process , it belongs to the historian and the biographer to bring their conduct to the bar of Truth , and firmly to pronounce her sentence of ...
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... respect and love , to soften what I have said against him , with my conviction of the atrocity of his conduct , to ... respecting him , and have felt more inclined to PREFACE . 17.
... respect and love , to soften what I have said against him , with my conviction of the atrocity of his conduct , to ... respecting him , and have felt more inclined to PREFACE . 17.
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