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Page 46
... latin to his old preceptors , Young and Ġill ; and one in English , forming his answer to a friend , who had censured him for wasting his life in literary pursuits , and had urged him to forsake his study for some of the active oc ...
... latin to his old preceptors , Young and Ġill ; and one in English , forming his answer to a friend , who had censured him for wasting his life in literary pursuits , and had urged him to forsake his study for some of the active oc ...
Page 54
... , nor , as I believe , in any of the Augustan poets . Many of Milton's expressions in his latin poems are not supported by high classical authority , society avoided ; his name pronounced with execration ; his 54 LIFE OF MILTON .
... , nor , as I believe , in any of the Augustan poets . Many of Milton's expressions in his latin poems are not supported by high classical authority , society avoided ; his name pronounced with execration ; his 54 LIFE OF MILTON .
Page 95
... latin address , in which admiration is expressed in terms of extreme and almost extravagant panegyric . Besides the two , whom we have now men- tioned , the English bard could number on the list of the friends , conciliated by his learn ...
... latin address , in which admiration is expressed in terms of extreme and almost extravagant panegyric . Besides the two , whom we have now men- tioned , the English bard could number on the list of the friends , conciliated by his learn ...
Page 100
... latin te- trastic , and by the latter in a distich . At his next removal we shall see our traveller distinguished by still more lofty compliment , in the vehicle , indeed , of still inferior verse : and for that opportunity we shall ...
... latin te- trastic , and by the latter in a distich . At his next removal we shall see our traveller distinguished by still more lofty compliment , in the vehicle , indeed , of still inferior verse : and for that opportunity we shall ...
Page 103
... latin epigrams , in which he has celebrated this fascinating woman , the second is so admirable , that our readers would have cause to complain of us , if we were to refer them from our own page to any other for the gratification of ...
... latin epigrams , in which he has celebrated this fascinating woman , the second is so admirable , that our readers would have cause to complain of us , if we were to refer them from our own page to any other for the gratification of ...
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