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... England " and of the " Paradise Lost , " has engaged too much of the attention of his spe- cies not to invite their curiosity to the cir- cumstances of his life , and the peculiarities of his character . His biographers have been ...
... England " and of the " Paradise Lost , " has engaged too much of the attention of his spe- cies not to invite their curiosity to the cir- cumstances of his life , and the peculiarities of his character . His biographers have been ...
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... England is stated to have taken place in 1623 , when his pupil is supposed to have been placed , in his fifteenth year , at St. Paul's school . But this statement seems to be inaccurate , as his pupil , in a letter dated from Cambridge ...
... England is stated to have taken place in 1623 , when his pupil is supposed to have been placed , in his fifteenth year , at St. Paul's school . But this statement seems to be inaccurate , as his pupil , in a letter dated from Cambridge ...
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... , however , these pro- ductions must be regarded as possessing rare and pre - eminent merit . To England , indeed , they are peculiarly interesting , as they were were w the first pieces which extended her fame for LIFE OF MILTON . 45.
... , however , these pro- ductions must be regarded as possessing rare and pre - eminent merit . To England , indeed , they are peculiarly interesting , as they were were w the first pieces which extended her fame for LIFE OF MILTON . 45.
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... England . By this nobleman he was introduced , with much honourable attention , to the famous Grotius , whom he had ex- pressed a particular desire to sec , and who then resided in the capital of France as the minister of Christina ...
... England . By this nobleman he was introduced , with much honourable attention , to the famous Grotius , whom he had ex- pressed a particular desire to sec , and who then resided in the capital of France as the minister of Christina ...
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Charles Symmons. Greece , boast your Homer's , Rome , your Maro's fame ! England in Milton boasts an equal name . It was not long before the English bard was supplied with an opportunity of repay- ing to one of his Roman panegyrists the ...
Charles Symmons. Greece , boast your Homer's , Rome , your Maro's fame ! England in Milton boasts an equal name . It was not long before the English bard was supplied with an opportunity of repay- ing to one of his Roman panegyrists the ...
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