...then gives intimations of his having proposed to himself a great poetical work j ' a work,' he says, 'Not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which Hows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite; nor...

...Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader, that for some few., years } et I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not- to he raised from the heat of youth, or thevapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen...

...shame to covenant with my knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him towards payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youih.or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist,...

...shame to covenant with my knowing reader that for some few years yet 1 may go on trusl with him towards payment of what I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heal of yomh, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amourist,...

...mighty poet discerned and spake of sublimely to the English people, long before it was composed, " as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapors of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher...

...cause them to be read till the attention be weary, or memory have its full freight. PARADISE LOST. A WORK not to be raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine, like that which flows from the pen of some vulgar amorist, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Syren...

...Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader, that for some few years yet I may ]+] ^ ? peu of some vulgar amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming; parasite ; nor to be obtained by the...

...promise. Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I...raised from the heat of youth or the vapours of wine ; nor to be obtained by the invocations of Dame Memory and her seven daughters ; but by devout prayer...

...Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader, that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I...that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist; or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite; nor to be obtained by the invocation of dame Memory...

...poet's office, Milton goes on in a prophetic mood to covenant for the production, after some years, of " a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or...amourist, or the trencher fury of a rhyming parasite ; not to be obtained by the invocation of dame memory and her syren daughters, but by devout prayer...