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Page 24
... written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense angracefully from verse to verse ; โร Then all those 1 X ་ ་ Who in the dark our fury did escape , Returning , know our borrow ...
... written when he was about twenty - one years old , may be still found the old manner of continuing the sense angracefully from verse to verse ; โร Then all those 1 X ་ ་ Who in the dark our fury did escape , Returning , know our borrow ...
Page 27
... written in 1637 , on the death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James for name as a security against the waste of time , Charles . 9 and King was much a favourite at Cam- bridge , idge , and ...
... written in 1637 , on the death of Mr. King , the son of Sir John King , Ireland in the time of Elizabeth , James for name as a security against the waste of time , Charles . 9 and King was much a favourite at Cam- bridge , idge , and ...
Page 38
... written by what- ever hand came next , might possibly want cor- rection as to the orthography and pointing , ) having , as the summer came on , not being showed any for a considerable while , and desir- ing the reason thereof , was ...
... written by what- ever hand came next , might possibly want cor- rection as to the orthography and pointing , ) having , as the summer came on , not being showed any for a considerable while , and desir- ing the reason thereof , was ...
Page 41
... written in imitation of the ancients , and never designed by the author for the stage . As these poems were published by another bookseller , it has been asked whether Simmons was discour- aged from receiving them by the slow sale of ...
... written in imitation of the ancients , and never designed by the author for the stage . As these poems were published by another bookseller , it has been asked whether Simmons was discour- aged from receiving them by the slow sale of ...
Page 44
... written in a language not understood , the beginning raises no more attention than the end ; and as those that understand it know commonly the begin- ning best , its rehearsal will seldom be necessary . It is not likely that Milton ...
... written in a language not understood , the beginning raises no more attention than the end ; and as those that understand it know commonly the begin- ning best , its rehearsal will seldom be necessary . It is not likely that Milton ...
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