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... months before the disaster at Flodden , a complete Translation of the Eneid into heroic couplet . This is our ... months after this work was finished , the poet lost his two elder brothers at Flodden ; his father died within twelve ...
... months before the disaster at Flodden , a complete Translation of the Eneid into heroic couplet . This is our ... months after this work was finished , the poet lost his two elder brothers at Flodden ; his father died within twelve ...
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... months at Florence , then , by way of Siena , went to Rome . At Rome he remained two months , and while there enjoyed and praised in three Latin epigrams the singing of the then famous vocalist , Leonora Baroni . From Rome , Milton ...
... months at Florence , then , by way of Siena , went to Rome . At Rome he remained two months , and while there enjoyed and praised in three Latin epigrams the singing of the then famous vocalist , Leonora Baroni . From Rome , Milton ...
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... months ' tenure of office . In the same month Addison married the Countess Dowager of Warwick ( ch . xi . § 31 ) , and thenceforth he lived chiefly at Holland House , in Kensington . In April , 1717 , Addison's steady friend , Lord ...
... months ' tenure of office . In the same month Addison married the Countess Dowager of Warwick ( ch . xi . § 31 ) , and thenceforth he lived chiefly at Holland House , in Kensington . In April , 1717 , Addison's steady friend , Lord ...
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