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... mind , that more than ordinary fa- vour and respect , which I found above any of my equals at the hands of those courteous and learned men , the fellows of that college wherein I spent some years : who at my part- ing , after I had ...
... mind , that more than ordinary fa- vour and respect , which I found above any of my equals at the hands of those courteous and learned men , the fellows of that college wherein I spent some years : who at my part- ing , after I had ...
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... mind , indeed , like his , exulting in the exercise of its higher powers , and intent on the pursuit of knowledge , could not , without a violation of its nature , submit to licentious indulgencies . The cultivation of intellect not ...
... mind , indeed , like his , exulting in the exercise of its higher powers , and intent on the pursuit of knowledge , could not , without a violation of its nature , submit to licentious indulgencies . The cultivation of intellect not ...
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... mind may soar Above the wheeling poles , and at Heaven's door Look in and see each blissful Deity How he before the thunderous throne doth lie , & c . But whatever emanations of genius may throw a light over his English poems , com ...
... mind may soar Above the wheeling poles , and at Heaven's door Look in and see each blissful Deity How he before the thunderous throne doth lie , & c . But whatever emanations of genius may throw a light over his English poems , com ...
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... mind shall have at any tyme to declare her selfe at her best ease . But if you thinke , as you said , that too much love of learning is in fault , and that I have given up myselfe to dreame away my yeares in the armes of stu- dious ...
... mind shall have at any tyme to declare her selfe at her best ease . But if you thinke , as you said , that too much love of learning is in fault , and that I have given up myselfe to dreame away my yeares in the armes of stu- dious ...
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... mind : but Milton's erudition prohibited him from this extreme originality , and was perpetually supplying him with thoughts , which would sometimes obtain the preference from his judgment , and would sometimes be mistaken for her own ...
... mind : but Milton's erudition prohibited him from this extreme originality , and was perpetually supplying him with thoughts , which would sometimes obtain the preference from his judgment , and would sometimes be mistaken for her own ...
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