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Pagina 28
From this wonder - working academy , I do not know that there ever proceeded
any man very eminent for knowledge : its only genuine product , I believe , is a
small history of poetry , written in Latin by his nephew Philips , of which , perhaps
...
From this wonder - working academy , I do not know that there ever proceeded
any man very eminent for knowledge : its only genuine product , I believe , is a
small history of poetry , written in Latin by his nephew Philips , of which , perhaps
...
Pagina 63
He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a
climate , might consistently magnify to himself the influence of the seasons , and
believe his faculties to be vigorous only half the year . His submission to the ...
He that could fear lest his genius had fallen upon too old a world , or too chill a
climate , might consistently magnify to himself the influence of the seasons , and
believe his faculties to be vigorous only half the year . His submission to the ...
Pagina 71
Why he should have given the first part , which he seems not to believe , and
which is universally rejected , it is difficult to conjecture . The style is harsh ; but it
has something of rough vigour , which , perhaps , may often strike , though it
cannot ...
Why he should have given the first part , which he seems not to believe , and
which is universally rejected , it is difficult to conjecture . The style is harsh ; but it
has something of rough vigour , which , perhaps , may often strike , though it
cannot ...
Pagina 75
... parvæ proprior sit : sed quid si parva , qua et summi sæpe tum pace tum bello
viri fuere , quanquam parva cur dicitur , quæ ad virtutem satis magna est . ”
Defensio Secunda . ED . been eminently skilful . His weapon was , I believe 75
MILTON.
... parvæ proprior sit : sed quid si parva , qua et summi sæpe tum pace tum bello
viri fuere , quanquam parva cur dicitur , quæ ad virtutem satis magna est . ”
Defensio Secunda . ED . been eminently skilful . His weapon was , I believe 75
MILTON.
Pagina 76
His weapon was , I believe , not the rapier , but the backsword , of which he
recommends the use in his book on education . His eyes are said never to have
been bright ; but , if he was a dexterous fencer , they must have been once quick .
His weapon was , I believe , not the rapier , but the backsword , of which he
recommends the use in his book on education . His eyes are said never to have
been bright ; but , if he was a dexterous fencer , they must have been once quick .
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