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Page 132
... probably written by Raleigh himself . These petty performances cannot be supposed to have much influenced Milton , who more probably took his hint from Trisino's Italia Liberata ; and , finding blank verse easier than rhyme , was ...
... probably written by Raleigh himself . These petty performances cannot be supposed to have much influenced Milton , who more probably took his hint from Trisino's Italia Liberata ; and , finding blank verse easier than rhyme , was ...
Page 356
... probably admitted into the university in 1689 , when we may suppose him twenty years old . His reputation for literature in his college was such as has been told ; but the indecency and licentiousness of his behaviour drew upon him ...
... probably admitted into the university in 1689 , when we may suppose him twenty years old . His reputation for literature in his college was such as has been told ; but the indecency and licentiousness of his behaviour drew upon him ...
Page 390
... probably from that time suffered law gradually to give way to poetry . At twenty - five he produced The Ambitious Stepmother , which was received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature ...
... probably from that time suffered law gradually to give way to poetry . At twenty - five he produced The Ambitious Stepmother , which was received with so much favour , that he devoted himself from that time wholly to elegant literature ...
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