Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1968 - English poetry |
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Page 121
... 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 ...
Page 146
... heroick measure was not rather chosen . To the critical sentence of Dryden the highest reverence would be due , were not his decisions often precipitate , and his opinions immature . When he wished to change the measure , he probably ...
... heroick measure was not rather chosen . To the critical sentence of Dryden the highest reverence would be due , were not his decisions often precipitate , and his opinions immature . When he wished to change the measure , he probably ...
Page 315
... 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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