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Page 64
... great expectations ; they would in any numerous school have obtained praise , but not excited wonder . Many of his elegies appear to have been written in his eighteenth year , by which it appears that he had 64 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... great expectations ; they would in any numerous school have obtained praise , but not excited wonder . Many of his elegies appear to have been written in his eighteenth year , by which it appears that he had 64 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Page 88
... appear Lucifer , relat- ing 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 . Con- science , in a shape , accuses ...
... appear Lucifer , relat- ing 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 . Con- science , in a shape , accuses ...
Page 106
... appears attainable only in Colleges . He that lives in the world will sometimes have the succession of his practice broken and confused . Visiters , of whom Milton is represented to have had great numbers , will come and stay ...
... appears attainable only in Colleges . He that lives in the world will sometimes have the succession of his practice broken and confused . Visiters , of whom Milton is represented to have had great numbers , will come and stay ...
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