An Account of the Life, Opinions, and Writings of John Milton: With an Introduction to Paradise LostChapman and Hall, 1855 - 484 sivua |
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Sivu ix
... appears to more advan- tage in my pages than he would in those of strict and rigorous truth . But where are such pages to be found ? It has not , I fear , been given to man to be strictly impar- tial in history . In all my works I have ...
... appears to more advan- tage in my pages than he would in those of strict and rigorous truth . But where are such pages to be found ? It has not , I fear , been given to man to be strictly impar- tial in history . In all my works I have ...
Sivu x
... appear is simple , chaste in hue , formed to display her fair lineaments and pro- portions , and put on at times with an air of graceful negligence . All that I ever then aim at is perspicuity , purity , and correctness of language ...
... appear is simple , chaste in hue , formed to display her fair lineaments and pro- portions , and put on at times with an air of graceful negligence . All that I ever then aim at is perspicuity , purity , and correctness of language ...
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... appears , a rigid professor of the doctrines of the lately dominant superstition ; and when his son , of the same name as himself , whom he had sent to the College of Christ Church in the adjacent Univer- sity , had there learned and ...
... appears , a rigid professor of the doctrines of the lately dominant superstition ; and when his son , of the same name as himself , whom he had sent to the College of Christ Church in the adjacent Univer- sity , had there learned and ...
Sivu 3
... appears to have been a man of much more than ordinary talent . By skill and diligence in his profession , he was enabled to bring up and support a family in credit and respectability , and to accumulate such a fortune as enabled him ...
... appears to have been a man of much more than ordinary talent . By skill and diligence in his profession , he was enabled to bring up and support a family in credit and respectability , and to accumulate such a fortune as enabled him ...
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... appears to have been related to the celebrated John Bradshaw ; and the most probable supposition is , that it was through his mother . We have the testimony of her son to the excellence of her character , and her numerous deeds of ...
... appears to have been related to the celebrated John Bradshaw ; and the most probable supposition is , that it was through his mother . We have the testimony of her son to the excellence of her character , and her numerous deeds of ...
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acquainted Æschylus aliter nescit ancient angels Anne Milton appears assert Aubrey authority Bishop cæsura century Christ Christian Church Comus critics Dante daughter death deceased divine doctrine doubt earth edition England English evil faith father give Gospel Greek hath heaven Henry Lawes Holy honour Horton iamb idea Interr Italian Italy John Milton King lady language Latin learned letter lines living Lord Lycidas manner marriage mind nature never observe opinion Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Parliament passage perhaps person Phillips poem poet poet's poetic poetry Powell probably prose published Pyrrha reader reason religion respondet rime Samson Agonistes Samuel Hartlib Satan says Scripture seems seen Smectymnuus sonnet speaking Spirit suppose syllables tells things thou thought throne tion Todd treatise trochee truth verse virtue Warton wife words write written wrote