...particular reason,' says he, ' to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very begining for some years, as I went from time to time to visit...pointing), having, as the summer came on, not been showed uny for a considerable while, and desiring the reason thereof, was answered, that his vein never...

...indebted for an interesting and incidental narrative, remarks, " I had the perusal of the Paradise Lost from the very beginning — for some years as I went...and pointing. Having as the summer came on, not been shown any for a considerable while, and desiring the reason thereof, I was answered that his vein never...

...of it from the very beginning, for some years, * Todd's Life of Milton, pp. 204, 205. as I went from time to visit him, in parcels of ten, twenty, or thirty...pointing), having, as the summer came on, not been shown any for a considerable while, and desiring the reason thereof, was answered, that his vein never...

...of the "Paradise Lost," "which," he says, " I have a particular reason to remember ; for whereas 1 had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for some years, « Todd's Life of Milton, pp. 204, 205. as I went from time to visit him, in parcels of ten, twenty,...

...began this poem in his forty-eighth year,* and finished it in his fifty-seventh. Philips says that he had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for some years, in parcels of ten, twenty, or thirty verses at a time ; and that his vein never happily flowed but...

...composure of Paradise Lost, "which I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember : for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for...pointing), having, as the summer came on, not been showed any for a considerable while, and desiring the reason thereof, was answered, that his vein never...

...composure of ' Paradise Lost,' " which I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for some years, 03 Richardson's 'Explanatory Notes,' &c., 8vo. 1734, p. iv. 64 This must have been before the publication...

...composure of ' Paradise Lost,' " which I have a particular reason," says he, " to remember ; for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for some years, w Richardson's 'Explanatory Notes,' &c., 8vo. 1734, p. iv. " This must have been before the publication...

...passage in the composition of Paradise Lost which I have a particular occasion to remember; for, whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for...some years, as I went from time to time to visit him, ^^. parcel of ten, twenty, or thirty verses at a time, which, being written by whatever hand came next,...

...I have particular occasion to remember," are his own words respecting Paradise Lost, " for whereas I had the perusal of it from the very beginning, for...years, as I went from time to time to visit him, in a parcel of ten, twenty, or thirty verses at a time, which being written by whatever iand came next,...