The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 57
... Latin tongue ; and he himself , by annexing the dates to his first compositions , a boast of which the learned Politian had given him an ex- ample , seems to commend the earliness of his own proficiency to the notice of posterity . But ...
... Latin tongue ; and he himself , by annexing the dates to his first compositions , a boast of which the learned Politian had given him an ex- ample , seems to commend the earliness of his own proficiency to the notice of posterity . But ...
Page 60
... Latin writers . With what limitations this uni- versality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the mask of " Comus ...
... Latin writers . With what limitations this uni- versality is to be understood , who shall inform us ? It might be supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the mask of " Comus ...
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... Latin poem , which must have raised a high opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the King and parlia- ment , he thought it proper to ...
... Latin poem , which must have raised a high opinion of English elegance and literature . His purpose was now to have visited Sicily and Greece ; but , hearing of the differences between the King and parlia- ment , he thought it proper to ...
Page 63
... Latin , that were read in Aldersgate - street by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the ...
... Latin , that were read in Aldersgate - street by youth between ten and fifteen or sixteen years of age . Those who tell or receive these stories should consider , that nobody can be taught faster than he can learn . The speed of the ...
Page 65
... Latin by his nephew Philips , of which perhaps none of my readers has ever heard . That in his school , as in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great diligence , there is no reason for doubt- ing . One part of his ...
... Latin by his nephew Philips , of which perhaps none of my readers has ever heard . That in his school , as in every thing else which he undertook , he laboured with great diligence , there is no reason for doubt- ing . One part of his ...
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