Life of John Milton1810 |
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... taste I have been largely benefitted as a writer , and to the contemplation of whose piety and virtues , the sources of much of my past happiness , I am indebted for all my present consolation , I inscribe THIS LIFE OF MILTON ; which ...
... taste I have been largely benefitted as a writer , and to the contemplation of whose piety and virtues , the sources of much of my past happiness , I am indebted for all my present consolation , I inscribe THIS LIFE OF MILTON ; which ...
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... taste may direct . If my com- position , therefore , be convicted of any of these enumerated crimes it must necessarily be condemned : -if it be found innocent , it must be acquitted ; and the greater number of my readers will not ...
... taste may direct . If my com- position , therefore , be convicted of any of these enumerated crimes it must necessarily be condemned : -if it be found innocent , it must be acquitted ; and the greater number of my readers will not ...
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Charles Symmons. taste . In this nicer graduation of styles , if mine should be determined by a plurality of voices to be too remote from the just point , I must submit to be censured ... taste. In this nicer graduation of styles, if ...
Charles Symmons. taste . In this nicer graduation of styles , if mine should be determined by a plurality of voices to be too remote from the just point , I must submit to be censured ... taste. In this nicer graduation of styles, if ...
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... taste , and that in criticism , as in law , there is something of a glorious uncertainty , it must be observed that , in consequence of the pre- sent eager demand for periodical criticism which seems to be increasing with the hour ...
... taste , and that in criticism , as in law , there is something of a glorious uncertainty , it must be observed that , in consequence of the pre- sent eager demand for periodical criticism which seems to be increasing with the hour ...
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... taste , by lavishing extra- vagant commendations on some very subor- dinate versions of the " Mansus and the " Damon , " he has carefully buried mine in the profundity of silence . In a few passages , indeed , he has been pleased to ...
... taste , by lavishing extra- vagant commendations on some very subor- dinate versions of the " Mansus and the " Damon , " he has carefully buried mine in the profundity of silence . In a few passages , indeed , he has been pleased to ...
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