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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... father of Mil- ton's first wife , in which Milton himself is par- ticularly concerned ; and to Sir Christopher Milton , the brother of the poet . Other papers and letters , from the same office , alike unknown till now , and of the ...
... father of Mil- ton's first wife , in which Milton himself is par- ticularly concerned ; and to Sir Christopher Milton , the brother of the poet . Other papers and letters , from the same office , alike unknown till now , and of the ...
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... father , who was then an eminent scrivener in London , and lived at the sign of the Spread Eagle ( which was the armorial ensign of the family ) in Bread - street . The ancestry of the poet was highly respectable . His father was ...
... father , who was then an eminent scrivener in London , and lived at the sign of the Spread Eagle ( which was the armorial ensign of the family ) in Bread - street . The ancestry of the poet was highly respectable . His father was ...
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... father was particularly distinguished for his musical abilities . He is said to have been a volu- minous composer , and equal in science , if not in genius , to the best musicians of his age . Sir John Hawkins and Dr. Burney , in their ...
... father was particularly distinguished for his musical abilities . He is said to have been a volu- minous composer , and equal in science , if not in genius , to the best musicians of his age . Sir John Hawkins and Dr. Burney , in their ...
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... father of our poet . Of his attachment to literature , however , the Latin verses of his son , addressed to him with no less elegance than gratitude , are an unequivocal proof . Perhaps it may again be confounding him with the author of ...
... father of our poet . Of his attachment to literature , however , the Latin verses of his son , addressed to him with no less elegance than gratitude , are an unequivocal proof . Perhaps it may again be confounding him with the author of ...
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... father banished him from the Muses . " Characters , Life of Ariosto , p . 23. Milton's verses to his father prove exactly the reverse . " If Milton imbibed from this instructor , as Mr. Warton sup- poses , the principles of puritanism ...
... father banished him from the Muses . " Characters , Life of Ariosto , p . 23. Milton's verses to his father prove exactly the reverse . " If Milton imbibed from this instructor , as Mr. Warton sup- poses , the principles of puritanism ...
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