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Page 7
... supposed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death ...
... supposed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the King , without the consent of his bondsman ; that he did not shew his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death ...
Page 37
... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
Page 54
... supposed his maturer judgment disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborne them . His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty , by following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at least as those of ...
... supposed his maturer judgment disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborne them . His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty , by following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at least as those of ...
Page 60
... supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the mask of " Comus , " which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour ...
... supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the mask of " Comus , " which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour ...
Page 71
... supposed blunders , he says , as Ker , and I think some one before him , has remarked , propino te grammatistis tuis vapulandum . From vapulo , which has a passive sense , vapulandus can never be derived . No man forgets his original ...
... supposed blunders , he says , as Ker , and I think some one before him , has remarked , propino te grammatistis tuis vapulandum . From vapulo , which has a passive sense , vapulandus can never be derived . No man forgets his original ...
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