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Pagina 57
... true , that Milton was one of the last students in either university that suffered the public indignity of corporal correction . It was , in the violence of controversial hostility , objected to him , that he was expelled : this he ...
... true , that Milton was one of the last students in either university that suffered the public indignity of corporal correction . It was , in the violence of controversial hostility , objected to him , that he was expelled : this he ...
Pagina 208
... true , he had something to sink from in matter of wit ; but as for his morals , it is scarce possible for him to grow a worse man than he was . He has lately wreaked his malice on me for spoiling his three months ' labour ; but in it he ...
... true , he had something to sink from in matter of wit ; but as for his morals , it is scarce possible for him to grow a worse man than he was . He has lately wreaked his malice on me for spoiling his three months ' labour ; but in it he ...
Pagina 221
... true , he proposes that all wit should be re - coined before it is current , and appoints masters of assay who shall reject all that is light or debased . ' Tis true , that when the coarse and worthless dross Is purg'd away , there will ...
... true , he proposes that all wit should be re - coined before it is current , and appoints masters of assay who shall reject all that is light or debased . ' Tis true , that when the coarse and worthless dross Is purg'd away , there will ...
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ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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