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Milton , who appears to have had a full conviction of the truth of Christianity , and
to have regarded the Holy Scriptures with the profoundest veneration , to have
been untainted by any heretical peculiarity of opinion , and to have lived in a ...
Milton , who appears to have had a full conviction of the truth of Christianity , and
to have regarded the Holy Scriptures with the profoundest veneration , to have
been untainted by any heretical peculiarity of opinion , and to have lived in a ...
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Ilis brother , Sir Christopher , had two daughters , Mary and Catherine * ; and a
fon Thomas , who succeeded Agar in the Crownoffice , and left a daughter living
in 1749 in Grosvenor - street . Milton had children only by his first wife ; Anne ...
Ilis brother , Sir Christopher , had two daughters , Mary and Catherine * ; and a
fon Thomas , who succeeded Agar in the Crownoffice , and left a daughter living
in 1749 in Grosvenor - street . Milton had children only by his first wife ; Anne ...
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He then removed to Paris , where he lived with great splendor and hospitality ;
and from time to time amused himself with poetry , in which he sometimes speaks
of the rebels , and their usurpation , in the natural language of an honest man , At
...
He then removed to Paris , where he lived with great splendor and hospitality ;
and from time to time amused himself with poetry , in which he sometimes speaks
of the rebels , and their usurpation , in the natural language of an honest man , At
...
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when he lived in exile ; for we are told , that at Paris he lived in fplendor , and was
the only Englishman , except the Lord St. Albanis , that kept a table . His unlucky
plot compelled him to sell a thousand a year ; of the waste of the rest there is no ...
when he lived in exile ; for we are told , that at Paris he lived in fplendor , and was
the only Englishman , except the Lord St. Albanis , that kept a table . His unlucky
plot compelled him to sell a thousand a year ; of the waste of the rest there is no ...
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Samuel Johnson. He certainly very much excelled in smooth , ness most of the
writers who were living when his poetry commenced . The Poets of Elizabeth had
attained an art of modulation , which was afterwards neglected or forgotten .
Samuel Johnson. He certainly very much excelled in smooth , ness most of the
writers who were living when his poetry commenced . The Poets of Elizabeth had
attained an art of modulation , which was afterwards neglected or forgotten .
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| Title | The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Volume 1 The Lives of the English Poets; and a criticism on their works, Samuel Johnson |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1790 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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