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Biographical Introduction

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undatedBiographical Introduction to The Prose Works of MiltonDemonstrated
“Mr. Griswold thus closes his "Biographical Introduction:" "On Sunday, the eighth day of November, 1674... John Milton died. He was the greatest of all human beings...”
Papers on Literature and Art
Substantial multi-sentence verbatim quotation of Griswold's closing biographical passage on Milton's death.

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I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York1record

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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The Prose Works of John Milton. With a Biographical Introduction . . .

“The Prose Works of John Milton. With a Biographical Introduction . . .”

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“Mr. Griswold thus closes his 'Biographical Introduction:' 'On Sunday, the eighth day of November, 1674, one month before completing his sixty-sixth year, John Milton died.”

Also reprinted in Papers on Literature and Art. Counted once, at its first appearance.

Fuller, Margaret. "The Prose Works of John Milton. With a Biographical Introduction . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 7 October 1845. · 7 October 1845