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Page 78
... Milton , the curiosity of mankind has not forborne to inquire the reason . Burnet thinks he was forgotten ; but this ... Milton . When the turn of success brought Milton into the like danger , Davenant repaid the benefit by appearing in ...
... Milton , the curiosity of mankind has not forborne to inquire the reason . Burnet thinks he was forgotten ; but this ... Milton . When the turn of success brought Milton into the like danger , Davenant repaid the benefit by appearing in ...
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... Milton ; the moral of other poems is incidental and consequent ; in Milton's only it is essential and intrinsic . His purpose was the most useful and the most arduous ; to vindicate the ways of God to man ; to show the reasonableness of ...
... Milton ; the moral of other poems is incidental and consequent ; in Milton's only it is essential and intrinsic . His purpose was the most useful and the most arduous ; to vindicate the ways of God to man ; to show the reasonableness of ...
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... Milton by an application to the lowest and most trivial things , gratifies the mind with a momentary triumph over ... Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult ...
... Milton by an application to the lowest and most trivial things , gratifies the mind with a momentary triumph over ... Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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