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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... 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 educated as a gentleman , and became a member of Christ - Church ...
... 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 educated as a gentleman , and became a member of Christ - Church ...
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... lived at Milton near Halton and Thame . I find in R. Willeii Poematum Liber , 1573 , among the Winchester scholars therein named of that period , a John Milton ; probably one of this family . C Phillips's Life of Milton , 1694 , p . iv ...
... lived at Milton near Halton and Thame . I find in R. Willeii Poematum Liber , 1573 , among the Winchester scholars therein named of that period , a John Milton ; probably one of this family . C Phillips's Life of Milton , 1694 , p . iv ...
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... lived at an estate which he had purchased at Horton near Colnebrooke , in Buckinghamshire . Here he resided five years ; in which time he not only , as he himself informs us , read over the Greek and Latin authors , particularly the ...
... lived at an estate which he had purchased at Horton near Colnebrooke , in Buckinghamshire . Here he resided five years ; in which time he not only , as he himself informs us , read over the Greek and Latin authors , particularly the ...
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... lived there is current among the villagers : one of them shewed us a ruinous wall that made part of his chamber , and I was much pleased with another who had forgotten the name of Milton , but recollected him by the title of The Poet ...
... lived there is current among the villagers : one of them shewed us a ruinous wall that made part of his chamber , and I was much pleased with another who had forgotten the name of Milton , but recollected him by the title of The Poet ...
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... lived within me ever since I could conceive myself any thing worth to my country , I return to crave excuse that urgent reason hath pluckt from me by an abortive and fore - dated dis- covery ; and the accomplishment of them lies not but ...
... lived within me ever since I could conceive myself any thing worth to my country , I return to crave excuse that urgent reason hath pluckt from me by an abortive and fore - dated dis- covery ; and the accomplishment of them lies not but ...
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