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Page 93
... mention of which con- cludes the register of Milton's removals and habitations . He lived longer in this place than in any other . He was now busied by Paradise Lost . Whence he drew the original design has been variously conjectured ...
... mention of which con- cludes the register of Milton's removals and habitations . He lived longer in this place than in any other . He was now busied by Paradise Lost . Whence he drew the original design has been variously conjectured ...
Page 130
... mention , because they are easily remarked , and generally censured , and at last bear so little proportion to the whole , that they scarcely deserve the attention of a critick . Such are the faults of that wonderful performance ...
... mention , because they are easily remarked , and generally censured , and at last bear so little proportion to the whole , that they scarcely deserve the attention of a critick . Such are the faults of that wonderful performance ...
Page 302
... mention of modern war , or the effects of gunpowder . We , who are less afraid of novelty , had already possession of those dreadful images : Waller had described a sea - fight . Milton had not yet transferred the invention of fire ...
... mention of modern war , or the effects of gunpowder . We , who are less afraid of novelty , had already possession of those dreadful images : Waller had described a sea - fight . Milton had not yet transferred the invention of fire ...
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