“It is well known, and you well know, that I am naturally slow in writing and adverse to write.”
Also reprinted in Papers on Literature and Art. Counted once, at its first appearance.
WorkJohn Milton
Letters
John Milton (1608–1674)
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Documented 1845
Essays
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- undatedLetter to Leonard Philaras (Second Defence, appendix)Demonstrated
“It is now, I think, about ten years (1654) since I perceived my vision to grow weak and dull... I will, since it is His pleasure, rather rejoice than repine at being blind.”
Papers on Literature and Art · "about ten years (1654) since I perceived"
Extensive multi-sentence verbatim quotation (117-line span) of Milton's letter to Philaras on his blindness.
- undatedLetters (last letter in the volume)Demonstrated
“The last letter in the volume ends thus: "What you term policy, and which I wish that you had rather called patriotic piety, has, if I may so say, almost left ipe, sound, without a country.”
Papers on Literature and Art
Quoted closing passage of Milton's last letter with a wide surrounding line range indicating a sustained excerpt.
- undatedLetters of State / Familiar LettersDemonstrated
“It is often a subject of sorrowful reflection to me, that those with whom I have been either fortuitously or legally associated by contiguity of place...”
Papers on Literature and Art
Substantial quoted letter passage spanning ~20 lines, implying sustained excerpting from Milton's letters.
When Fuller engaged with this work
1845—
The Prose Works of John Milton. With a Biographical Introduction . . .
“The Prose Works of John Milton. With a Biographical Introduction . . .”quoted · read2 selected passages
“I will conclude after first begging you, if there be any errors in the diction or the punctuation, to impute it to the boy who wrote this”
Fuller, Margaret. "The Prose Works of John Milton. With a Biographical Introduction . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 7 October 1845.