LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary education , and who , as she lived to the age of eighty , had her solicitude ...
... died before the birth of his son , and consequently left him to the care of his mother ; whom Wood represents as struggling earnestly to procure him a literary education , and who , as she lived to the age of eighty , had her solicitude ...
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... died gradually away , and other imitations supply its place . The Pindarique Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely though the mode ...
... died gradually away , and other imitations supply its place . The Pindarique Odes have so long enjoyed the highest degree of poetical reputation , that I am not willing to dismiss them with unabated censure ; and surely though the mode ...
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... died ; and then , notwithstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thou- sand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The Sophy . " This seems to have given ...
... died ; and then , notwithstanding his resolutions and professions , he returned again to the vice of gaming , and lost several thou- sand pounds that had been left him . In 1642 , he published " The Sophy . " This seems to have given ...
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... died at the Spa , Sept. 3 , 1653 ; and , as controvertists are commonly said to be killed by their Jast dispute , Milton was flattered with the credit of destroying him . Cromwell had now dismissed the parliament by the authority of ...
... died at the Spa , Sept. 3 , 1653 ; and , as controvertists are commonly said to be killed by their Jast dispute , Milton was flattered with the credit of destroying him . Cromwell had now dismissed the parliament by the authority of ...
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... by natural Reason . " Lond . 1616 and 1624 , quarto . He was plundered in the Usurpation , turned Roman Catholic , and died in obscurity , Vide Athen . Oxon . vol . I. 727. H. who who were born in better ages , he might still MILTON . 69.
... by natural Reason . " Lond . 1616 and 1624 , quarto . He was plundered in the Usurpation , turned Roman Catholic , and died in obscurity , Vide Athen . Oxon . vol . I. 727. H. who who were born in better ages , he might still MILTON . 69.
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