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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... publications ascribed to Milton ; with reference to his genuine Prose - Works , and their general character ... SECTION VI . Of the personal and general character of Milton ; of his circumstances ; and of his family PAGE 1 57 107 183 ...
... publications ascribed to Milton ; with reference to his genuine Prose - Works , and their general character ... SECTION VI . Of the personal and general character of Milton ; of his circumstances ; and of his family PAGE 1 57 107 183 ...
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... publication , complimented the excellent prelate for his learning . With such an adversary as Usher , in- deed , which of the Smectymnuans would have dared to cope ? This enterprise none could partake with Milton . Vehement as he was in ...
... publication , complimented the excellent prelate for his learning . With such an adversary as Usher , in- deed , which of the Smectymnuans would have dared to cope ? This enterprise none could partake with Milton . Vehement as he was in ...
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... publication , he recollects no mention of these poems in the whole succession of English lite- rature ; and that the quantity of an hemistich , quoted from them , is not to be found in the Collections of those who have digested the ...
... publication , he recollects no mention of these poems in the whole succession of English lite- rature ; and that the quantity of an hemistich , quoted from them , is not to be found in the Collections of those who have digested the ...
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... publication , " Observations on the Articles of Peace between James Earl of Ormond , for King Charles I. on the one hand , and the Irish Papists and Rebels on the other , " & c . which all his biographers have ascribed to him ...
... publication , " Observations on the Articles of Peace between James Earl of Ormond , for King Charles I. on the one hand , and the Irish Papists and Rebels on the other , " & c . which all his biographers have ascribed to him ...
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... publication , there can be no doubt . But he seems to have undertaken it upon his own terms : " I take it upon me , " he says , “ as a work as- signed , rather than by me chosen or affected ; which was the cause both of beginning it ...
... publication , there can be no doubt . But he seems to have undertaken it upon his own terms : " I take it upon me , " he says , “ as a work as- signed , rather than by me chosen or affected ; which was the cause both of beginning it ...
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