The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection of the Lives ... of the Most Eminent Men ... of Great Britain and Ireland ; from the Reign of Henry VIII. to George II. Both Inclusive ...E. Dilly, 1762 |
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... Milton ; and from a gentleman who heard it of him it is here re- lated . " Concerning Shakespear's first appearance in the play - houfe , when he came to London he was without money and friends ; and , be- ing a stranger , he knew not ...
... Milton ; and from a gentleman who heard it of him it is here re- lated . " Concerning Shakespear's first appearance in the play - houfe , when he came to London he was without money and friends ; and , be- ing a stranger , he knew not ...
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... tool and property of that wicked and ambitious man , was his greatest blemish . Happy would it have been for the nation , happy for himself , if he had retired fooner . THE THE LIFE OF JOHN MILTON . Ja OHN MILTON was 108 BRITISH PLUTARCH .
... tool and property of that wicked and ambitious man , was his greatest blemish . Happy would it have been for the nation , happy for himself , if he had retired fooner . THE THE LIFE OF JOHN MILTON . Ja OHN MILTON was 108 BRITISH PLUTARCH .
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... MILTON . Ja OHN MILTON was defcended of an antient family of that name , at Milton , near Abingdon , in Oxfordshire . He was the fon of John Milton , a money - fcrivener , and born on the ninth of December , 1608. The family from which ...
... MILTON . Ja OHN MILTON was defcended of an antient family of that name , at Milton , near Abingdon , in Oxfordshire . He was the fon of John Milton , a money - fcrivener , and born on the ninth of December , 1608. The family from which ...
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... Milton . Immediate- ly after the receipt of this letter our author fet out for France , accompanied only with one man who attended him through all his travels . At Paris Milton was introduced to the fa- mous Hugo Grotius , and thence ...
... Milton . Immediate- ly after the receipt of this letter our author fet out for France , accompanied only with one man who attended him through all his travels . At Paris Milton was introduced to the fa- mous Hugo Grotius , and thence ...
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... Milton's Latin poems . Milton , no doubt , was highly pleased with fuch extreme conde- fcenfion and efteem from a perfon of the mar- quis of Villa's quality ; and as an evidence of his gratitude , he prefented the marquis , at his ...
... Milton's Latin poems . Milton , no doubt , was highly pleased with fuch extreme conde- fcenfion and efteem from a perfon of the mar- quis of Villa's quality ; and as an evidence of his gratitude , he prefented the marquis , at his ...
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Seite 128 - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
Seite 10 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company ; and amongst them, some that made a frequent practice of deer-stealing, engaged him more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy, of Charlecote, near Stratford.
Seite 21 - ... between penetration and felicity, he hits upon that particular point on which the bent of each argument turns, or the force of each motive depends.
Seite 65 - Beg my dead body which, living, was denied thee, and either lay it at Sherborne, if the land continue, or in Exeter church by my father and mother. I can say no more — time and death call me away.
Seite 138 - Strafford of high treason, for endeavouring to subvert the ancient and fundamental laws and government of His Majesty's realms of England and Ireland, and to introduce an arbitrary and tyrannical government...
Seite 20 - His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things could not escape laughter, as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, "Caesar did never wrong but with just cause"; and such like, which were ridiculous.
Seite 65 - ... accusers; and send us to meet in his glorious kingdom ! My dear wife, farewell! Bless my poor boy, pray for me, and let my good God hold you. both in his arms ! Written with the dying hand of sometime thy husband, but now, alas! overthrown...
Seite 9 - twixt the green sea and the azur'd vault Set roaring war; to the dread rattling thunder Have I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oak With his own bolt; the strong-bas'd promontory Have I made shake, and by the spurs pluck'd up The pine and cedar; graves at my command Have wak'd their sleepers, op'd, and let 'em forth By my so potent art.
Seite 63 - I trust my blood will quench their malice that have thus cruelly murdered me, and that they will not seek also to kill thee and thine with extreme poverty. To what friend to direct thee I know not, for all mine have left me in the true time of trial; and I plainly perceive that my death was determined from the first day.
Seite 5 - I cannot determine; but it is plain he had much reading at least, if they will not call it learning. Nor is it any great matter, if a man has knowledge, whether he has it from one language or from another.