Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 |
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The story of reducing his exuberance has been told of other authors , and , though doubtless true of every fertile and copious mind , seems to have been gratuitously transferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know ...
The story of reducing his exuberance has been told of other authors , and , though doubtless true of every fertile and copious mind , seems to have been gratuitously transferred to Milton . What he has told us , and we cannot now know ...
Page 438
What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute peculiarities of conduct , are soon ...
What is known can seldom be immediately told ; and when it might be told , it is no longer known . The delicate features of the mind , the nice discriminations of character , and the minute peculiarities of conduct , are soon ...
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One experiment , however , remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end , he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired , with great tenderness , to hear his last injunctions , told him , I have sent for ...
One experiment , however , remained to be tried : when he found his life near its end , he directed the young lord to be called ; and when he desired , with great tenderness , to hear his last injunctions , told him , I have sent for ...
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