The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes, and a Life of the Author, Volume 1Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1841 |
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Page viii
... Poems ( 2nd ed . ) , p . 578. A very few have escaped even him . Peck's new Life of Milton was published in 1740 : an abstract of its contents will be seen in a note in this Life , p . xxx . 4 Cowper , in his Letters ( second series ...
... Poems ( 2nd ed . ) , p . 578. A very few have escaped even him . Peck's new Life of Milton was published in 1740 : an abstract of its contents will be seen in a note in this Life , p . xxx . 4 Cowper , in his Letters ( second series ...
Page ix
... when the subject of the biography has become a matter of history . 6 I much question whether Milton ever read the numerous obscure Italian poems , VOL . I. B other productions of the same class , which are the ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
... when the subject of the biography has become a matter of history . 6 I much question whether Milton ever read the numerous obscure Italian poems , VOL . I. B other productions of the same class , which are the ADVERTISEMENT . ix.
Page x
... poem . Mr. Todd's exemplary diligence , his various information , and his extensive acquaintance with rare and ... poems of Milton , though they have not quite ex- hausted the subject , are more accurate and learned than ever ▻ whose ...
... poem . Mr. Todd's exemplary diligence , his various information , and his extensive acquaintance with rare and ... poems of Milton , though they have not quite ex- hausted the subject , are more accurate and learned than ever ▻ whose ...
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... poem . For this supposed friend , know- ing Milton's bad circumstances , thought that he had a fit oppor- tunity to foist into the work several of his own verses , without the blind poet's discovery . This trick has too frequently been ...
... poem . For this supposed friend , know- ing Milton's bad circumstances , thought that he had a fit oppor- tunity to foist into the work several of his own verses , without the blind poet's discovery . This trick has too frequently been ...
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... poem certainly did occur ; and that such a one , as is found in P. L. x . 260 , should pervade both editions ( being ... poetic feeling , I must still in justice say , that his remarks dis- play the shrewdness of a person accustomed to ...
... poem certainly did occur ; and that such a one , as is found in P. L. x . 260 , should pervade both editions ( being ... poetic feeling , I must still in justice say , that his remarks dis- play the shrewdness of a person accustomed to ...
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