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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... written soon after , displays , as a poetical composition , the vigour and judgement of maturer life ? The verses also , At a Vacation Exercise in the College , written at the age of nineteen , have been repeatedly and justly noticed as ...
... written soon after , displays , as a poetical composition , the vigour and judgement of maturer life ? The verses also , At a Vacation Exercise in the College , written at the age of nineteen , have been repeatedly and justly noticed as ...
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... written valuable pieces at as early or an earlier age ; and Politian , Tasso , Cowley , Me- tastasio , Voltaire , and Pope , may bow to him , " as to superiour Spirits is due . " t In the 17th year of his age , distinguished as a ...
... written valuable pieces at as early or an earlier age ; and Politian , Tasso , Cowley , Me- tastasio , Voltaire , and Pope , may bow to him , " as to superiour Spirits is due . " t In the 17th year of his age , distinguished as a ...
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... written in his eighteenth year ; by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with nice discernment . I once heard Mr. Hampton , the trans- lator of Polybius , remark , what I think is true , that Milton was the first ...
... written in his eighteenth year ; by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with nice discernment . I once heard Mr. Hampton , the trans- lator of Polybius , remark , what I think is true , that Milton was the first ...
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... written while he was a fellow and tutor of Christ's College , and while Milton was there , and which are now in the possession of Mr. Moreton of Westerham in Kent , by whom they have been politely communicated , appears to have been a ...
... written while he was a fellow and tutor of Christ's College , and while Milton was there , and which are now in the possession of Mr. Moreton of Westerham in Kent , by whom they have been politely communicated , appears to have been a ...
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... written in € 1630 , Hakewill's Apology & c . " This work was commended too by Archbishop Usher . A truly ami- able and learned author , it may here be added , to whom the literature of this country is peculiarly in- debted , has closed ...
... written in € 1630 , Hakewill's Apology & c . " This work was commended too by Archbishop Usher . A truly ami- able and learned author , it may here be added , to whom the literature of this country is peculiarly in- debted , has closed ...
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