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Page 86
... Death . Labour , Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , with others ; Labour , Faith . Hope . Charity . Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , Fear , Death ; Faith . Hope . Charity . Paradise Lost . The Persons . Moses ...
... Death . Labour , Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , with others ; Labour , Faith . Hope . Charity . Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , Fear , Death ; Faith . Hope . Charity . Paradise Lost . The Persons . Moses ...
Page 129
... Death , brought upon the stage , all as active persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity . Milton's allegory of Sin and Death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the ...
... Death , brought upon the stage , all as active persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity . Milton's allegory of Sin and Death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of Death , and may be allowed to be the ...
Page 371
... death of Oliver was published , with those of Dryden and Waller . In his dedication to Dr. Wilkins he appears a very willing and liberal encomiast , both of the living and the dead . He implores his patron's excuse of his verses , both ...
... death of Oliver was published , with those of Dryden and Waller . In his dedication to Dr. Wilkins he appears a very willing and liberal encomiast , both of the living and the dead . He implores his patron's excuse of his verses , both ...
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