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" But much latelier in the private academies of Italy, whither I was favoured to resort, perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory, composed at under twenty or thereabout, (for the manner is, that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading... "
Wissenschaftliche Grammatik der englischen Sprache von E. Fiedler (C. Sachs). - Page 80
by Eduard Fiedler - 1850
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Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin

John Milton - English poetry - 1785 - 698 pages
...Italy, whither I was favoured to refort, perceiving that fome trifles " which I had in memory, compofed at under twenty or thereabout " (for the manner is, that every one muft give a proof of his wit and " reading there) met with acceptance above what was looked for, and...
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Poems Upon Several Occasions: English, Italian, and Latin, with Translations ...

John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...in memory, compofed at under twenty or " thereabouts (for the manner is, that every one mult give a proof *' of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance...what " was looked for, and other things which I had ihifted in fcarcity " of books and conveniences to patch up among them, were re" ceived with written...
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Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. Printed from ...

John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...manner is, as he says himself in the Preface to his second book of the Reason of Church Government, that every one must give some proof of his wit and reading there, and his productions were received with written encomiums which the Italian is not forward to bestow...
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The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series ...

William Godwin - Children - 1797 - 508 pages
...Italy t whither I was favour'd to refort, perceiving that fome Trifles which I had in memory, compos'd at under twenty or thereabout (for the manner is, that every one muft give fome proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance above what was lookt for, and...
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The life of Milton. To which are added Conjectures on the origin of Paradise ...

William Hayley - 1799 - 376 pages
...licet. Grotii £pift. 964. " twenty, or thereabout (for the manner is, " that every one tnuft give fome proof of his " wit and reading there) met with acceptance...what was looked for , and other things, " which I had fliifted, in fcarcity of books and " conveniency, to patch up amongft them, were " received with written...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 92

1850 - 638 pages
...resort, perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory, composed at under twenty or thereabouts (for the manner is that every one must give some proof...things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them, were received with written encomiums, which the Italian is not...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 446 pages
...in memory, compofedat under twenty or thereabout, (for the manner is, that every one muft give fome proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance...what was looked for ; and other things, which I had fhifted in fcarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongft them, were received with written...
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The Prose Works of John Milton: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1

John Milton, Charles Symmons - Poets, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...in memory, compofedat under twenty or thereabout, (for the manner is, that every one muft give tbme proof of his wit and reading there) met with acceptance...what was looked for ; and other things, which I had fhifted in fcarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongft them, were received with written...
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Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - 1807 - 556 pages
...private academies of Italy, whither I was favoured to resort, perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory, composed at under twenty or thereabout,...things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences; to patch up among them — were received with written encomiums, which the Italian is...
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Specimens of English Prose Writers: From the Earliest Times to the ..., Volume 3

George Burnett - Authors, English - 1807 - 1152 pages
...private academies of Italy, whither I was favoured to resort, perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory, composed at under twenty or thereabout,...things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conve-- niences, to patch up among them — were received with written encomiums, which the Italian...
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