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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 ...
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Samuel Johnson. for the mention of the nation's obligations to her frequen pregnancy , proves that it was written when she had brought many children . We have therefore no date of any other poetical production before that which the ...
Samuel Johnson. for the mention of the nation's obligations to her frequen pregnancy , proves that it was written when she had brought many children . We have therefore no date of any other poetical production before that which the ...
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... of effect . But the mention of another like consequence from a like cause , or of a like performance by a like agency , is not a simile , but an exemplification . { It is not a simile to say that the LIVES OF THE POETS.
... of effect . But the mention of another like consequence from a like cause , or of a like performance by a like agency , is not a simile , but an exemplification . { It is not a simile to say that the LIVES OF THE POETS.
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