 I was resolved to do all the honor in my power to as great a poet, and set out in the morning, in company with a friend, to visit a place where Milton spent some part of his life, and where, in all probability, he composed several of his earliest productions....  Watlington Hill: A Poemby Mary Russell Mitford - 1812 - 37 pagesFull view - About this book
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