LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 48
... 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 they raise no great expectations ; they would in any numerous ...
... 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 they raise no great expectations ; they would in any numerous ...
Page 55
... Paradise Lost . 66 66 He published the same year two more pamphlets , upon the same question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was comited cut of the university , The answers , in general terms ; " The Fellows of the ...
... Paradise Lost . 66 66 He published the same year two more pamphlets , upon the same question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was comited cut of the university , The answers , in general terms ; " The Fellows of the ...
Page 62
... Paradise Lost ; a design so comprehensive , that it . could be justified only by success . He had once designed to celebrate King Arthur , as he hints in his verses to Mansus , but Arthur was reserved , says Fenton , to another destiny ...
... Paradise Lost ; a design so comprehensive , that it . could be justified only by success . He had once designed to celebrate King Arthur , as he hints in his verses to Mansus , but Arthur was reserved , says Fenton , to another destiny ...
Page 63
... lost . Faith . Hope . Charity . ACT IV . } fallen . Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam ACT V. Paradise Lost . The Persons . Moses , apoyi , recounting how he as- sumed his true body ...
... lost . Faith . Hope . Charity . ACT IV . } fallen . Conscience cites them to God's examination . Chorus bewails , and tells the good Adam ACT V. Paradise Lost . The Persons . Moses , apoyi , recounting how he as- sumed his true body ...
Page 64
... Paradise Lost ; but it is pleasant to see great works in their seminal state , pregnant with latent possibilities of excel- lence ; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual growth and expansion ...
... Paradise Lost ; but it is pleasant to see great works in their seminal state , pregnant with latent possibilities of excel- lence ; nor could there be any more delightful entertainment than to trace their gradual growth and expansion ...
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