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Page 104
... kind reception . Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work , and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence . I cannot ...
... kind reception . Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work , and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence . I cannot ...
Page 256
... kind of concentration . He is above all laws ; he is exempt from all re- straints ; he ranges the world at will , and governs wherever he appears . He fights without enquiring the cause , and loves in spite of the obligations of justice ...
... kind of concentration . He is above all laws ; he is exempt from all re- straints ; he ranges the world at will , and governs wherever he appears . He fights without enquiring the cause , and loves in spite of the obligations of justice ...
Page 383
... kind seldom live long , when interest and resentment have ceased . In 1697 he mingled in the controversy between Boyle and Bentley ; and was one of those who tried what Wit could perform in opposition to Learning , on a question which ...
... kind seldom live long , when interest and resentment have ceased . In 1697 he mingled in the controversy between Boyle and Bentley ; and was one of those who tried what Wit could perform in opposition to Learning , on a question which ...
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Lives of the English Poets: The Prior Congreve, Blackmore and Pope Samuel Johnson No preview available - 2003 |
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