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Pagina 58
It has been already shown , that the first conception was of a tragedy or mystery ,
not of a narrative , but a dramatick work , which he is supposed to have begun to
reduce to its present form about the time ( 1655 ) when he finished his dispute ...
It has been already shown , that the first conception was of a tragedy or mystery ,
not of a narrative , but a dramatick work , which he is supposed to have begun to
reduce to its present form about the time ( 1655 ) when he finished his dispute ...
Pagina 68
Those who have no power to judge of past times , but by their own , should
always doubt their conclusions . The call for books was not in Milton's age what it
is in the present . To read was not then a general amusement ; neither traders ,
nor ...
Those who have no power to judge of past times , but by their own , should
always doubt their conclusions . The call for books was not in Milton's age what it
is in the present . To read was not then a general amusement ; neither traders ,
nor ...
Pagina 82
To this gentlewoman Addison made a present , and promised some
establishment , but died soon after . Queen Caroline sent her fifty guineas . She
had seven sons and three daughters ; but none of them had any children , except
her son ...
To this gentlewoman Addison made a present , and promised some
establishment , but died soon after . Queen Caroline sent her fifty guineas . She
had seven sons and three daughters ; but none of them had any children , except
her son ...
Pagina 103
A state of innocence we can only conceive , if , indeed , in our present misery , it
be possible to conceive it ; but the sentiments and worship proper to a fallen and
offending being , we have all to learn , as we have all to practise . The poet ...
A state of innocence we can only conceive , if , indeed , in our present misery , it
be possible to conceive it ; but the sentiments and worship proper to a fallen and
offending being , we have all to learn , as we have all to practise . The poet ...
Pagina 128
For this impatience of the present , whoever would please must make provision .
The skilful writer “ irritat , mulcet , ” makes a due distribution of the still and
animated parts . It is for want of this artful intertexture , and those necessary
changes ...
For this impatience of the present , whoever would please must make provision .
The skilful writer “ irritat , mulcet , ” makes a due distribution of the still and
animated parts . It is for want of this artful intertexture , and those necessary
changes ...
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