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Page 28
... received more boys to be boarded and in- structed . and all tell what they do not know to be true , only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself disgraceful . His father was alive ; his allowance was not ample ...
... received more boys to be boarded and in- structed . and all tell what they do not know to be true , only to excuse an act which no wise man will consider as in itself disgraceful . His father was alive ; his allowance was not ample ...
Page 30
... received her father and her brothers in his own house , when they were distressed , with other royalists . " " He published about the same time his Areopa- gitica , a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liber- ty of unlicensed Printing ...
... received her father and her brothers in his own house , when they were distressed , with other royalists . " " He published about the same time his Areopa- gitica , a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liber- ty of unlicensed Printing ...
Page 36
... received from Pope , as delivered by Betterton , who might have heard it from Davenant . In the war between the King and parliament , Da- venant was made prisoner , and condemned to die ; but was spared at the request of Milton . When ...
... received from Pope , as delivered by Betterton , who might have heard it from Davenant . In the war between the King and parliament , Da- venant was made prisoner , and condemned to die ; but was spared at the request of Milton . When ...
Page 40
... received no public acclama- tions , is readily confessed . Wit and literature were on the side of the court : and who that solicited favour or fashion would venture to praise the defender of the regicides ? All that he himself could ...
... received no public acclama- tions , is readily confessed . Wit and literature were on the side of the court : and who that solicited favour or fashion would venture to praise the defender of the regicides ? All that he himself could ...
Page 46
... received it . As a drama it is deficient . The action is not probable . A mask , in those parts where super- natural intervention is admitted , must indeed be given up to all the freaks of imagination ; but , so far as the action is ...
... received it . As a drama it is deficient . The action is not probable . A mask , in those parts where super- natural intervention is admitted , must indeed be given up to all the freaks of imagination ; but , so far as the action is ...
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