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Page 36
... Latin , and that man blind . Being now forty - seven years old , and seeing himself disen- cumbered from external interruptions , he seems to have recol- lected his former purposes , and to have resumed three great works which he had ...
... Latin , and that man blind . Being now forty - seven years old , and seeing himself disen- cumbered from external interruptions , he seems to have recol- lected his former purposes , and to have resumed three great works which he had ...
Page 44
... Latin to him , for the advantage of his conversation ; attended him every afternoon , except on Sundays . Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law ...
... Latin to him , for the advantage of his conversation ; attended him every afternoon , except on Sundays . Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law ...
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... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem * appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to ...
... Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem * appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the lettered nations . If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared , for May I hold to ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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