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Page 68
Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses ... From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with particular dili- gence studied the language and literature : and ...
Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses ... From Paris he hasted into Italy , of which he had with particular dili- gence studied the language and literature : and ...
Page 93
Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , required that El- wood should learn and practise the Italian pronuncia- tion , which , he said ...
Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib , had declared , that to read Latin with an English mouth is as ill a hearing as Law French , required that El- wood should learn and practise the Italian pronuncia- tion , which , he said ...
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He stayed a year at Blois , probably to learn the French language ; and then pro- ceeded in his journey to Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he not ...
He stayed a year at Blois , probably to learn the French language ; and then pro- ceeded in his journey to Italy , which he surveyed with the eyes of a poet . While he was travelling at leisure , he was far from being idle ; for he not ...
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