Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton: Derived Principally from Documents in His Majesty's State-paper Office, Now First Published, Volume 6 |
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... Milton , as I have been obligingly in- formed by letter from the Rev. Mr. Jones , there are however no entries of the name of Milton . Phillips , Milton's nephew , says that the family resided at Milton near Abingdon in Oxfordshire , as ...
... Milton , as I have been obligingly in- formed by letter from the Rev. Mr. Jones , there are however no entries of the name of Milton . Phillips , Milton's nephew , says that the family resided at Milton near Abingdon in Oxfordshire , as ...
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... Milton was educated , shows the " discernment of his father . The bloom of genius was fondly noticed , and wisely ... Milton's poem Ad Patrem , in order to support the following mistaken assertion : " Ariosto often lamented , as Ovid and ...
... Milton was educated , shows the " discernment of his father . The bloom of genius was fondly noticed , and wisely ... Milton's poem Ad Patrem , in order to support the following mistaken assertion : " Ariosto often lamented , as Ovid and ...
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... Milton's whipping at Cam- bridge , is told by Aubrey . MS . Mus . Ashm . Oxon . Num . x . P. iii . From which , by the way , Wood's Life of Milton in the Fasti Oxonienses , the first and the ground - work of all the lives of Milton ...
... Milton's whipping at Cam- bridge , is told by Aubrey . MS . Mus . Ashm . Oxon . Num . x . P. iii . From which , by the way , Wood's Life of Milton in the Fasti Oxonienses , the first and the ground - work of all the lives of Milton ...
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... Milton's admission at Cambridge , corporal punishment is to be inflicted on boys under sixteen . We are to recollect , that Milton , when he went to Cambridge , was only a boy of fif- teen . " This is a mistake . Milton was in his seven ...
... Milton's admission at Cambridge , corporal punishment is to be inflicted on boys under sixteen . We are to recollect , that Milton , when he went to Cambridge , was only a boy of fif- teen . " This is a mistake . Milton was in his seven ...
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... Milton undoubt- edly took most of his images ; it is on the top of the hill , from which there is a most extensive pros- pect on all sides : the distant mountains that seemed to support the clouds , the villages and turrets , partly ...
... Milton undoubt- edly took most of his images ; it is on the top of the hill , from which there is a most extensive pros- pect on all sides : the distant mountains that seemed to support the clouds , the villages and turrets , partly ...
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