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... Letter to Richard Hurd , Dec. 23 , 1749 , in J. Nichols's Illustrations of Literary History ( 1817 ) , ii . 177 n . A New Version of the P. L. ( Oxford , 1756 ) , preface . Earlier in the preface we are told that Milton is " the ...
... Letter to Richard Hurd , Dec. 23 , 1749 , in J. Nichols's Illustrations of Literary History ( 1817 ) , ii . 177 n . A New Version of the P. L. ( Oxford , 1756 ) , preface . Earlier in the preface we are told that Milton is " the ...
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... letter from Lord Mon- boddo to Sir George Baker , Oct. 2 , 1782 , and in the Bee for 1793 ( xvi . 276 ) , where Comus is preferred to Paradise Lost ; in the letters of Miss Seward ( see p . 501 below ) , where the best of Milton's ...
... letter from Lord Mon- boddo to Sir George Baker , Oct. 2 , 1782 , and in the Bee for 1793 ( xvi . 276 ) , where Comus is preferred to Paradise Lost ; in the letters of Miss Seward ( see p . 501 below ) , where the best of Milton's ...
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... Letter to William Unwin , Jan. 17 , 1782 . 3 Lectures on Rhetoric ( 1783 ) , ii . 375 . 8 △ Observations on English ... Letters on English Poetry ( 2d ed . , 1807 ) , 124 . • Preface to his Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia's Day ( c . 1755 ) ...
... Letter to William Unwin , Jan. 17 , 1782 . 3 Lectures on Rhetoric ( 1783 ) , ii . 375 . 8 △ Observations on English ... Letters on English Poetry ( 2d ed . , 1807 ) , 124 . • Preface to his Ode for Musick on St. Cecilia's Day ( c . 1755 ) ...
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... ( letter to Élie de Beaumont , March 18 , 1765 ) . Even John- son thought that in the proposed erection of monuments in St. Paul's cathedral Milton's " should have the precedence " over Pope's : " There is more thinking in him and in ...
... ( letter to Élie de Beaumont , March 18 , 1765 ) . Even John- son thought that in the proposed erection of monuments in St. Paul's cathedral Milton's " should have the precedence " over Pope's : " There is more thinking in him and in ...
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... letter to Wharton , Oct. 7 , 1757 , and Walpole's to Horace Mann , May 13 , 1752 ( Good , pp . 183 , 219 ) . 2 Letters from a Father to his Son ( 1800 ) , ii . 269 ( Good , p . 138 ) . 3 In his edition of Milton's minor poems ( 1785 ) ...
... letter to Wharton , Oct. 7 , 1757 , and Walpole's to Horace Mann , May 13 , 1752 ( Good , pp . 183 , 219 ) . 2 Letters from a Father to his Son ( 1800 ) , ii . 269 ( Good , p . 138 ) . 3 In his edition of Milton's minor poems ( 1785 ) ...
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