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Page 51
... honour to his memory . Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter veises , ac- cording to the rules of Tefcan poetry , and his malignity to the Church , by fome lines which are ...
... honour to his memory . Milton's acquaintance with the Italian writers may be discovered by a mixture of longer and shorter veises , ac- cording to the rules of Tefcan poetry , and his malignity to the Church , by fome lines which are ...
Page 52
... honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him for every thing but his religion ; and Mil- ton , in return , addressed him in a Latin poem , which must have raised an high opinion of English elegance and literature . His ...
... honour him with a sorry distich , in which he commends him for every thing but his religion ; and Mil- ton , in return , addressed him in a Latin poem , which must have raised an high opinion of English elegance and literature . His ...
Page 55
... honour to his country . " This , " says he , " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to 66 that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and " sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar , to ...
... honour to his country . " This , " says he , " is not to be obtained but by devout prayer to 66 that Eternal Spirit that can enrich with all utterance and knowledge , and " sends out his Seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar , to ...
Page 65
... honour ed by his presence . The King , with lenity of which the world has had perhaps no other exam . ple , declined to be the judge or avenger of his own or his father's wrongs : and promised to admit into the Act of Oblivion all ...
... honour ed by his presence . The King , with lenity of which the world has had perhaps no other exam . ple , declined to be the judge or avenger of his own or his father's wrongs : and promised to admit into the Act of Oblivion all ...
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... honour of contributing a Prologue . IN the examination of Milton's poetical works , I shall pay so much regard to time as to begin with his juvenile productions . For his early pieces he seems to have had a degree of fondness not very ...
... honour of contributing a Prologue . IN the examination of Milton's poetical works , I shall pay so much regard to time as to begin with his juvenile productions . For his early pieces he seems to have had a degree of fondness not very ...
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