The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 73
... JOHN MILTON was by birth a gentleman , de . scended from the proprietors of Milton , near Thame , in Oxfordshire , one of whom forfeited his estate in the times of York and Lancaster . Which side he took I know not ... MILTON . 73 73 MILTON.
... JOHN MILTON was by birth a gentleman , de . scended from the proprietors of Milton , near Thame , in Oxfordshire , one of whom forfeited his estate in the times of York and Lancaster . Which side he took I know not ... MILTON . 73 73 MILTON.
Page 74
... John , who was the son disinherited , had recourse for his support to the profession of a scrivener . He was a man eminent for his skill in music , many of his compositions being still to be found ; and his reputation in his profession ...
... John , who was the son disinherited , had recourse for his support to the profession of a scrivener . He was a man eminent for his skill in music , many of his compositions being still to be found ; and his reputation in his profession ...
Page 80
... John King , secretary for Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James , and Charles . King was much a favourite at Cambridge , and many of the wits joined to do honour to his memory . Milton's ac- quaintance with the Italian writers may be ...
... John King , secretary for Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James , and Charles . King was much a favourite at Cambridge , and many of the wits joined to do honour to his memory . Milton's ac- quaintance with the Italian writers may be ...
Page 83
... Milton stayed two months more at Rome , and went on to Florence without ... John Diodati and Fre- derick Spanheim , two learned professors of divi- nity ... Milton worthy of a poem , entitled " Epitaphium Damonis , " written with the ...
... Milton stayed two months more at Rome , and went on to Florence without ... John Diodati and Fre- derick Spanheim , two learned professors of divi- nity ... Milton worthy of a poem , entitled " Epitaphium Damonis , " written with the ...
Page 84
Samuel Johnson. dertook the education of John and Edward Philips , his ... Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great pro- mises ... Milton should be degraded to a schoolmaster ; but , since it can- not be denied that ...
Samuel Johnson. dertook the education of John and Edward Philips , his ... Milton forbid us to look with some degree of merriment on great pro- mises ... Milton should be degraded to a schoolmaster ; but , since it can- not be denied that ...
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