The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 75
... Milton in their first es- says , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen , a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two Psalms , 114 and 136 , which he thought worthy of the public eye ; but ...
... Milton in their first es- says , who never rose to works like Paradise Lost . At fifteen , a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two Psalms , 114 and 136 , which he thought worthy of the public eye ; but ...
Page 76
... Milton , it was perhaps Alabaster's Roxana .. Of the exercises which the rules of the Univer- sity required , some were published by him in his maturer years . They had been undoubtedly ap- plauded , for they were such as few can ...
... Milton , it was perhaps Alabaster's Roxana .. Of the exercises which the rules of the Univer- sity required , some were published by him in his maturer years . They had been undoubtedly ap- plauded , for they were such as few can ...
Page 78
... at either University was " The Grateful Fair , " written by Christopher Smart , and represented at Pembroke College , Cam . bridge , about 1747.-R. which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity 78 MILTON .
... at either University was " The Grateful Fair , " written by Christopher Smart , and represented at Pembroke College , Cam . bridge , about 1747.-R. which he seems to have imputed to an insatiable curiosity 78 MILTON .
Page 79
... Milton found time to write the mask of " Comus , " which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord ... Milton , at the request of his friend , Henry Lawes , who taught music in the His next production was " Lycidas ...
... Milton found time to write the mask of " Comus , " which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord ... Milton , at the request of his friend , Henry Lawes , who taught music in the His next production was " Lycidas ...
Page 80
... Milton's ac- quaintance with the Italian writers may be disco- vered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses ... Milton's " Comus " was written . - H . Milton evidently was indebted to the Old Wives Tale of George Peele for the ...
... Milton's ac- quaintance with the Italian writers may be disco- vered by a mixture of longer and shorter verses ... Milton's " Comus " was written . - H . Milton evidently was indebted to the Old Wives Tale of George Peele for the ...
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