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Page 70
... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit ; a companion from whom little could be expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted ...
... passed on to Naples , in company of a hermit ; a companion from whom little could be expected , yet to him Milton owed his introduction to Manso , marquis of Villa , who had been before the patron of Tasso . Manso was enough delighted ...
Page 187
... passed his time in the company that was highest , both in rank and wit , from which even his obstinate sobriety did not exclude him . Though he drank water , he was enabled by his fertility of mind to heighten the mirth of Bacchanalian ...
... passed his time in the company that was highest , both in rank and wit , from which even his obstinate sobriety did not exclude him . Though he drank water , he was enabled by his fertility of mind to heighten the mirth of Bacchanalian ...
Page 351
... passed under his pen had all the life , proportion , and embellishments bestowed on it , which an exquisite skill , a warm imagination , and a cool judgement , could possibly bestow on it . The epique , lyrick , elegiack , every sort of ...
... passed under his pen had all the life , proportion , and embellishments bestowed on it , which an exquisite skill , a warm imagination , and a cool judgement , could possibly bestow on it . The epique , lyrick , elegiack , every sort of ...
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