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... supposed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the king , without the consent of his bondsman : that he did not show his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death ...
... supposed , that he did not go to France , and act again for the king , without the consent of his bondsman : that he did not show his loyalty at the hazard of his friend , but by his friend's permission . Of the verses on Oliver's death ...
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... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
... supposed to have been seen , but what thoughts the sight might have suggested . When Virgil describes the stone which Turnus lifted against Æneas , he fixes the attention on its bulk and weight : Saxum circumspicit ingens , Saxum ...
Pàgina 36
... supposed his maturer judgment disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborne them . His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty , by following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at least as those of ...
... supposed his maturer judgment disapproved , since in his latter works he has totally forborne them . His rhymes are such as seem found without difficulty , by following the sense ; and are for the most part as exact at least as those of ...
Pàgina 39
... supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the " Masque of Comus , " which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the ...
... supposed , that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the " Masque of Comus , " which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the ...
Pàgina 40
... supposed about this time to have written his Arcades ; for while he lived at Horton he used sometimes to steal from his studies a few days , which he spent at Harefield , the house of the Countess Dowager of Derby , where the Arcades ...
... supposed about this time to have written his Arcades ; for while he lived at Horton he used sometimes to steal from his studies a few days , which he spent at Harefield , the house of the Countess Dowager of Derby , where the Arcades ...
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