Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1964 - Poets, English |
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Page 107
... lost . There is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigence . His wants , being few , were competently supplied . He sold his library before his death , and left his family fifteen hundred pounds , on which his widow ...
... lost . There is yet no reason to believe that he was ever reduced to indigence . His wants , being few , were competently supplied . He sold his library before his death , and left his family fifteen hundred pounds , on which his widow ...
Page 111
... Lost ever procured the author's descendants ; and to this he who has now attempted to relate his Life , had the honour of contributing a Prologue . In the examination of Milton's poetical works , I shall pay so much regard to time as to ...
... Lost ever procured the author's descendants ; and to this he who has now attempted to relate his Life , had the honour of contributing a Prologue . In the examination of Milton's poetical works , I shall pay so much regard to time as to ...
Page 125
... Lost little opportunity for the pathetick ; but what little there is has not been lost . That passion which is peculiar to rational nature , the anguish arising from the consciousness of transgression , and the horrours attending the ...
... Lost little opportunity for the pathetick ; but what little there is has not been lost . That passion which is peculiar to rational nature , the anguish arising from the consciousness of transgression , and the horrours attending the ...
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