Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton: Derived Principally from Documents in His Majesty's State-paper Office, Now First Published |
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... contain the daily transactions of the Executive Government in England from
February 1648 - 9 to September 1658 , in uninterrupted succession ; and are
particularly valuable from the dissolution of the Long Parliament in 1653 to the
death of ...
... contain the daily transactions of the Executive Government in England from
February 1648 - 9 to September 1658 , in uninterrupted succession ; and are
particularly valuable from the dissolution of the Long Parliament in 1653 to the
death of ...
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From the Restoration of King Charles the Second to the Death of Milton . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 183 SECTION V . Of political and other publications ascribed to Milton ;
with reference to his genuine Prose - Works , and their general character .
From the Restoration of King Charles the Second to the Death of Milton . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 183 SECTION V . Of political and other publications ascribed to Milton ;
with reference to his genuine Prose - Works , and their general character .
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But who will deny , that in these Translations the dawning of real genius may be
discerned ; or that his Ode , On the Death of a fair Infant , written soon after ,
displays , as a poetical composition , the vigour and judgement of maturer life ?
But who will deny , that in these Translations the dawning of real genius may be
discerned ; or that his Ode , On the Death of a fair Infant , written soon after ,
displays , as a poetical composition , the vigour and judgement of maturer life ?
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Wood says , that he draws his account of Milton ' from his own mouth to my Friend
, who was well acquainted with and had from him , and from his relations after his
death , most of this account of his life and writings following . ' Ath . Oxon . vol ...
Wood says , that he draws his account of Milton ' from his own mouth to my Friend
, who was well acquainted with and had from him , and from his relations after his
death , most of this account of his life and writings following . ' Ath . Oxon . vol ...
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... the latest posterity must feel themselves indebted for several of the most
impassioned and charming compositions of the Paradise Lost . ” On the death of
his mother in 1637 , Milton prevailed with his father to permit him to visit the
continent .
... the latest posterity must feel themselves indebted for several of the most
impassioned and charming compositions of the Paradise Lost . ” On the death of
his mother in 1637 , Milton prevailed with his father to permit him to visit the
continent .
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| Title | Some Account of the Life and Writings of John Milton: Derived Principally from Documents in His Majesty's State-paper Office, Now First Published |
| Author | Henry John Todd |
| Publisher | C. and J. Rivington, 1826 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 13 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 370 pages |
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