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... heroick , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers as draw their principles of judgement rather from books than from reason . Milton , though he intituled Paradise Lost only a poem , yet calls it himself heroick song . Dryden ...
... heroick , and who is the hero , are raised by such readers as draw their principles of judgement rather from books than from reason . Milton , though he intituled Paradise Lost only a poem , yet calls it himself heroick song . Dryden ...
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... heroick of ten syllables , and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ...
... heroick of ten syllables , and from him Dryden borrowed the practice , whether ornamental or licentious . He considered the verse of twelve syllables as elevated and majestick , and has therefore deviated into that measure when he ...
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... heroick poesy . These are the chief ; to number o'er the rest , And stand like Adam naming every beast , Were weary work ; nor will the Muse describe A slimy - born , and sun - begotten tribe ; Who , far from steeples and their sacred ...
... heroick poesy . These are the chief ; to number o'er the rest , And stand like Adam naming every beast , Were weary work ; nor will the Muse describe A slimy - born , and sun - begotten tribe ; Who , far from steeples and their sacred ...
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Authors Advertisement to the Third Edition | 13 |
Milton | 15 |
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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