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" Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident,... "
The life of Samuel Johnson - Page 744
by James Boswell - 1817
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler ...

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 498 pages
...marked his reputation ftealing its way in a kind of fubterraneous current through fear and filence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying op his own merit with fteady confcioufnefs, and waiting, without impatience, the viciffitudes of opinion,...
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Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...reproach.' Act v. sc. 2. ' Oh hide me from myself.' Act v. sc. 3. ' Johnson wrote of Milton : — ' I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little...relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting without impatience the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.'...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour ..., Volume 1

James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...reproach.' Act v. sc. 2. ' Oh hide me from myself.' Act v. sc. 3. 1 Johnson wrote of Milton : — ' I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little...relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting without impatience the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.'...
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The works of the poets of Great Britain and Ireland. With prefaces ..., Volume 1

Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...secrecy of love, and Paradise Last broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 pages
...secrecy of love, and Paradise Lost broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its , in a kind of subterraneous current, through VOL. X. B b fear and silence....
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The life of Samuel Johnson. [With] The principal corrections and ..., Volume 4

James Boswell - 1807 - 532 pages
...as by the hand of Johnson ? I shall select only the following passage concerning " Paradise Lost:" " Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation."...
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The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Comprehending an Account of ..., Volume 3

James Boswell - 1807 - 562 pages
...by the hand of Johnson ? 1 shall select only the following passage concerning " Paradise Lost :" " Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation."...
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 1-2

John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...secrecy of love, and Paraditc Lost broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way iri a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surreye,d tie silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous...relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting without impatience the vicissitudes of opini. on, and the impartiality of a future generation....
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 pages
...secrecy crecy of love, and Paradise Lost broke into open view with sufficient security of kind reception. Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper...surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked its reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot...
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