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Pagina 69
... supposed that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the Masque of Comus , which was pre- sented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of ...
... supposed that he who read so much should have done nothing else ; but Milton found time to write the Masque of Comus , which was pre- sented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the honour of ...
Pagina 171
Samuel Johnson. may be easily supposed to want ; or that the attention of the poet and the player have been differently em- ployed ; the one has been considering thought , and the other action ; one has watched the heart , and the other ...
Samuel Johnson. may be easily supposed to want ; or that the attention of the poet and the player have been differently em- ployed ; the one has been considering thought , and the other action ; one has watched the heart , and the other ...
Pagina 213
... supposed ; of which I know not whether it is not to the detriment of our language that we have totally rejected them . Of triplets he is sparing ; but he did not wholly forbear them : of an Alexandrine he has given no example . The ...
... supposed ; of which I know not whether it is not to the detriment of our language that we have totally rejected them . Of triplets he is sparing ; but he did not wholly forbear them : of an Alexandrine he has given no example . The ...
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