Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 121
... action could have been accomplished by any other means . Of episodes , I think there are only two , contained in Raphael's relation of the war in heaven , and Michael's prophetick account of the changes to happen in this world . Both ...
... action could have been accomplished by any other means . Of episodes , I think there are only two , contained in Raphael's relation of the war in heaven , and Michael's prophetick account of the changes to happen in this world . Both ...
Page 141
... action , with his squire Ralpho , an Independent enthusiast . Of the contexture of events planned by the author , which is called the action of the poem , since it is left im- perfect , no judgement can be made . It is probable , that ...
... action , with his squire Ralpho , an Independent enthusiast . Of the contexture of events planned by the author , which is called the action of the poem , since it is left im- perfect , no judgement can be made . It is probable , that ...
Page 142
... action could not have been one ; there could only have been a succession of incidents , each of which might have happened without the rest , and which could not all co - operate to any single conclusion . The discontinuity of the action ...
... action could not have been one ; there could only have been a succession of incidents , each of which might have happened without the rest , and which could not all co - operate to any single conclusion . The discontinuity of the action ...
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