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Page 49
... mention of danger was ungrateful and unjust . He was fallen in- deed on evil days ; the time was come in which regicides could no longer boast their wickedness . But of evil tongues for Milton to complain , required impudence at least ...
... mention of danger was ungrateful and unjust . He was fallen in- deed on evil days ; the time was come in which regicides could no longer boast their wickedness . But of evil tongues for Milton to complain , required impudence at least ...
Page 59
... mention has been made . She could repeat the first lines of Homer , the ' Metamorphoses , ' and some of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are necessary to fix in the ...
... mention has been made . She could repeat the first lines of Homer , the ' Metamorphoses , ' and some of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are necessary to fix in the ...
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... mention . Having been compelled by his necessities to con- tract debts , and hunted , as is supposed , by the terriers of the law , he retired to a publick house on Tower - hill , where he is said to have died of want ; or , as it is ...
... mention . Having been compelled by his necessities to con- tract debts , and hunted , as is supposed , by the terriers of the law , he retired to a publick house on Tower - hill , where he is said to have died of want ; or , as it is ...
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Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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