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... SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE . EDITED FOR THE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE : AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS . 1891 [ All Rights reserved . ] Cambridge PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY M.A. AND SONS AT Pitt Press Series.
... SOMETIME SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE , CAMBRIDGE . EDITED FOR THE SYNDICS OF THE UNIVERSITY PRESS CAMBRIDGE : AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS . 1891 [ All Rights reserved . ] Cambridge PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY M.A. AND SONS AT Pitt Press Series.
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J. Milton. Cambridge PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY M.A. AND SONS AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 763A C BEN LI PREFACE . HE text of the.
J. Milton. Cambridge PRINTED BY C. J. CLAY M.A. AND SONS AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS 763A C BEN LI PREFACE . HE text of the.
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... , in particular an accomplished musician , and a com- poser whose madrigals were deemed worthy of being printed side INTRODUCTION PAGE ix-lxxvi (Life of Milton: Introductory Notice of the poems: Sketch of the English Masque.
... , in particular an accomplished musician , and a com- poser whose madrigals were deemed worthy of being printed side INTRODUCTION PAGE ix-lxxvi (Life of Milton: Introductory Notice of the poems: Sketch of the English Masque.
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J. Milton. poser whose madrigals were deemed worthy of being printed side by side with those of Byrd , Orlando Gibbons and other leading musicians of the time . To him1 , no doubt , the poet owed the love of music of which we see ...
J. Milton. poser whose madrigals were deemed worthy of being printed side by side with those of Byrd , Orlando Gibbons and other leading musicians of the time . To him1 , no doubt , the poet owed the love of music of which we see ...
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... printed by the Camden Society , 1876. It contains extracts from about 80 different authors whose works Milton had studied . 2 Cf. the poem Ad Patrem , 68-72 , in which Milton thanks his father for not having forced him to be a merchant ...
... printed by the Camden Society , 1876. It contains extracts from about 80 different authors whose works Milton had studied . 2 Cf. the poem Ad Patrem , 68-72 , in which Milton thanks his father for not having forced him to be a merchant ...
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