John Milton, EnglishmanChrist among the doctors - Academic exercise - Pastoral interlude - Italian journey - Paradise sort - Deeds above heroic - Heavenly muse - Milton Agonistes - Fair dismission___ |
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... learned much faster than it is ; he wants more substance to the curriculum ; he denounces the " preposterous exaction of forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes , verses , and orations which are the acts of ripest judgment ...
... learned much faster than it is ; he wants more substance to the curriculum ; he denounces the " preposterous exaction of forcing the empty wits of children to compose themes , verses , and orations which are the acts of ripest judgment ...
Page 39
... learned academic youth , and remembering that John Milton was nineteen . Throughout the defense of relaxation which proceeds through all manner of instances and arguments , the ground tone of the speaker's own introspective memories and ...
... learned academic youth , and remembering that John Milton was nineteen . Throughout the defense of relaxation which proceeds through all manner of instances and arguments , the ground tone of the speaker's own introspective memories and ...
Page 80
... learned men , contrasting Italy in this respect with England . I could recount what I have seen and heard in other countries , where this kind of inquisition tyrannizes ; when I have sat among their learned men ( for that honor I had ) ...
... learned men , contrasting Italy in this respect with England . I could recount what I have seen and heard in other countries , where this kind of inquisition tyrannizes ; when I have sat among their learned men ( for that honor I had ) ...
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