Lives of the English Poets |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 82
Page 41
... Milton was certainly not one of them ; he had only justified what they had done . This justification was indeed sufficiently offensive ; and ( June 16 ) an order was issued to seize Milton's Defence , and Goodwin's Obstructors of ...
... Milton was certainly not one of them ; he had only justified what they had done . This justification was indeed sufficiently offensive ; and ( June 16 ) an order was issued to seize Milton's Defence , and Goodwin's Obstructors of ...
Page 67
... Milton ; the moral of other poems is incidental and consequent ; in Milton's only it is essential and intrinsick . His purpose was the most useful and the most arduous ; to vindicate the ways of God to man ; to shew the reasonableness ...
... Milton ; the moral of other poems is incidental and consequent ; in Milton's only it is essential and intrinsick . His purpose was the most useful and the most arduous ; to vindicate the ways of God to man ; to shew the reasonableness ...
Page 79
... Milton could prefer the ancient tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is only by a blind confidence in the reputation of Milton , that a drama can be praised in ...
... Milton could prefer the ancient tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is only by a blind confidence in the reputation of Milton , that a drama can be praised in ...
Contents
Introduction | 5 |
Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
Copyright | |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Absalom and Achitophel Addison afterwards appears beauties blank verse called censured character Charles Dryden comedy composition Congreve considered Cowley criticism death delight diction diligence dramatick Dryden Dunciad Earl easily elegance endeavoured English English poetry epick epitaph Euripides excellence fancy favour friends genius heroick Homer honour Iliad images imitation Jacob Tonson John Dryden judgement Juvenal kind King known labour lady language Latin learning Letters lines lived Lord Lord Halifax metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never numbers opinion Paradise Lost passions perhaps Pindar play pleasing pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope Pope's pounds praise preface produced publick published reader reason remarks reputation rhyme satire says seems sentiments shew shewn sometimes stanza supposed tell things Thomson thou thought tion told tragedy translation Tyrannick Love verses versification Virgil virtue WILLIAM CONGREVE words write written wrote