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... took their solitary way . It took Milton three years of really hard labour to write the first draft of Paradise Lost . He was , we must remember , a blind man , and he could not work without help from someone who could see . His ...
... took their solitary way . It took Milton three years of really hard labour to write the first draft of Paradise Lost . He was , we must remember , a blind man , and he could not work without help from someone who could see . His ...
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... took up much of his time . In the same year he was elected a member of the Club . In 1776 volume one of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was published . The first impression of a thousand copies was sold in a few days , and a ...
... took up much of his time . In the same year he was elected a member of the Club . In 1776 volume one of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was published . The first impression of a thousand copies was sold in a few days , and a ...
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... took the desperate resolution of giving up his post and going up to London to try to make his living by writ- ing . Sarah Elmy encouraged and helped him . She believed in his powers , and was anxious that he should leave a way of life ...
... took the desperate resolution of giving up his post and going up to London to try to make his living by writ- ing . Sarah Elmy encouraged and helped him . She believed in his powers , and was anxious that he should leave a way of life ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE LAYS OF THE FIGHTINGMEN | 13 |
THE SINGERS OF THE CHURCH | 26 |
THE MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS | 32 |
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