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... 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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... mentions his enemies . He degrades his own dignity by shewing that he was affected by their censures , and gives ... mention in the preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admoni- tions ...
... mentions his enemies . He degrades his own dignity by shewing that he was affected by their censures , and gives ... mention in the preface of his Fables . To the censure of Collier , whose remarks may be rather termed admoni- tions ...
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... mention is made of some compositions of- Dryden , which were written after the first appearance of of the Essay . At the time when this work first appeared , Milton's fame was not yet fully established , and therefore Tasso and Spenser ...
... mention is made of some compositions of- Dryden , which were written after the first appearance of of the Essay . At the time when this work first appeared , Milton's fame was not yet fully established , and therefore Tasso and Spenser ...
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