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... Paradise Lost , afterwards ; and he said , more than once , " I always read it with fresh pleasure and astonishment . " Nor is * Dr Johnson , either from the love of paradox , or from the force of prejudice , even while doing justice to ...
... Paradise Lost , afterwards ; and he said , more than once , " I always read it with fresh pleasure and astonishment . " Nor is * Dr Johnson , either from the love of paradox , or from the force of prejudice , even while doing justice to ...
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... PARADISE LOST may be said to have con- centrated almost all that was known in the age of our great epic poet . As my son's own duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruction , retire harassed , and over burdened , and look ...
... PARADISE LOST may be said to have con- centrated almost all that was known in the age of our great epic poet . As my son's own duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruction , retire harassed , and over burdened , and look ...
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... Paradise Lost , we read a book of universal knowledge . " and with the passing literature of the day , to 63.
... Paradise Lost , we read a book of universal knowledge . " and with the passing literature of the day , to 63.
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