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Page 93
About this time Elwood the quaker , being recom- mended to him as one who would read Latin to him , for the advantage of his conversation ; attended him every afternoon , except on Sundays . Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib ...
About this time Elwood the quaker , being recom- mended to him as one who would read Latin to him , for the advantage of his conversation ; attended him every afternoon , except on Sundays . Milton , who , in his letter to Hartlib ...
Page 401
Here he continued to cultivate poetry and criticism , and grew first eminent by his Latin compositions , which are indeed entitled to particular praise . He has not confined himself to the imitation of any ancient author , but has ...
Here he continued to cultivate poetry and criticism , and grew first eminent by his Latin compositions , which are indeed entitled to particular praise . He has not confined himself to the imitation of any ancient author , but has ...
Page 402
... the Miscellanies , and a Latin encomium on queen Mary , in the Musae Anglicanae . These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ; but on one side or the other , friendship was afterwards too weak for the malignity of faction .
... the Miscellanies , and a Latin encomium on queen Mary , in the Musae Anglicanae . These verses exhibit all the fondness of friendship ; but on one side or the other , friendship was afterwards too weak for the malignity of faction .
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