The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volume 1 |
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Page 39
... She gives the beft light to his fphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne would have thought that a good man is a telescope ? Though God be our true glafs through which we fee ...
... She gives the beft light to his fphere , Or each is both , and all , and so They unto one another nothing owe . DONNE . Who but Donne would have thought that a good man is a telescope ? Though God be our true glafs through which we fee ...
Page 137
... strongly keeps in her ftomach , but the " better she is ever kecking at , and is " queafy ; the vomits now out of sickness ; but before it will be well with her , the " must " must vomit with ftrong phyfick . The " university MILTO N. 137.
... strongly keeps in her ftomach , but the " better she is ever kecking at , and is " queafy ; the vomits now out of sickness ; but before it will be well with her , the " must " must vomit with ftrong phyfick . The " university MILTO N. 137.
Page 153
... She died , within a year , of childbirth , or fome diftemper that followed it ; and her husband honoured her memory with a poor fonnet . The first Reply to Milton's Defenfio Po- puli was published in 1651 , called Apologia pro Rege ...
... She died , within a year , of childbirth , or fome diftemper that followed it ; and her husband honoured her memory with a poor fonnet . The first Reply to Milton's Defenfio Po- puli was published in 1651 , called Apologia pro Rege ...
Page 206
... She had by her firft husband Edward and John , the two nephews whom Milton educated ; and by her fecond , two daughters . His brother , Sir Chriftopher , had two daughters , Mary and Catharine * ; and a fon Thomas , who fucceeded Agar ...
... She had by her firft husband Edward and John , the two nephews whom Milton educated ; and by her fecond , two daughters . His brother , Sir Chriftopher , had two daughters , Mary and Catharine * ; and a fon Thomas , who fucceeded Agar ...
Page 207
... She could repeat the first lines of Homer , the Metamorphofes , and fome of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are ne- ceffary to fix in memory lines not under- ftood ...
... She could repeat the first lines of Homer , the Metamorphofes , and fome of Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repetitions are ne- ceffary to fix in memory lines not under- ftood ...
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