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... write ' ; nor would he have been obliged , as is univer- sally confessed , to have employed any casual visiter in disburthening his memory , if his daughter could have performed the office . The story of reducing his exuberance has been ...
... write ' ; nor would he have been obliged , as is univer- sally confessed , to have employed any casual visiter in disburthening his memory , if his daughter could have performed the office . The story of reducing his exuberance has been ...
Page 163
... write such poor sonnets . JOHNSON . - Milton , Madam , was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock , but ... write such verses ( if he write them at all ) as the ordinary turn of his mind dictates . ' See post , LYTTELTON ...
... write such poor sonnets . JOHNSON . - Milton , Madam , was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock , but ... write such verses ( if he write them at all ) as the ordinary turn of his mind dictates . ' See post , LYTTELTON ...
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... write well in rhyme may write better in blank verse . ' Ib . xiv . 211 . ) ' Je me souviendrai toujours que je demandai au célèbre Pope , pourquoi Milton n'avait pas rimé son Paradis perdu , et qu'il me répondit : - " Because he could ...
... write well in rhyme may write better in blank verse . ' Ib . xiv . 211 . ) ' Je me souviendrai toujours que je demandai au célèbre Pope , pourquoi Milton n'avait pas rimé son Paradis perdu , et qu'il me répondit : - " Because he could ...
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