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... appear to have been written in his eigh- teenth year , by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment . I once heard Mr Hampton , the translator of Polybius , remark what I think is true , that ...
... appear to have been written in his eigh- teenth year , by which it appears that he had then read the Roman authors with very nice discernment . I once heard Mr Hampton , the translator of Polybius , remark what I think is true , that ...
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... appears to have exalted him in his own opinion , and confirmed him in the hope , that , ' by labour and intense study , which , ' says he , ' I take to be my portion in this life , joined with a strong propensity of nature , ' he might ...
... appears to have exalted him in his own opinion , and confirmed him in the hope , that , ' by labour and intense study , which , ' says he , ' I take to be my portion in this life , joined with a strong propensity of nature , ' he might ...
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... appear Lucifer , relating and insulting in what he had done to the destruction of man . Man next , and Eve having by this time been seduced by the Serpent , appears confusedly covered with leaves . Conscience , in a shape , accuses him ...
... appear Lucifer , relating and insulting in what he had done to the destruction of man . Man next , and Eve having by this time been seduced by the Serpent , appears confusedly covered with leaves . Conscience , in a shape , accuses him ...
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Milton | 15 |
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