Essays, Biographical, Critical and Historical, Volume 2Suttaby, 1814 - English literature |
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... prose composions , abundantly quaint , uncouth , and tedious . They pared away , it is true , a considerable portion of the heavy matter which clogged the periods of their predecessors ; but they preserved a quantity frequently ...
... prose composions , abundantly quaint , uncouth , and tedious . They pared away , it is true , a considerable portion of the heavy matter which clogged the periods of their predecessors ; but they preserved a quantity frequently ...
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... prose works , owing to the controversial nature of their contents , have been too much neglected . Than the style of Milton , however , in these his polemic writings , nothing frequently can be more lofty , sonorous , and strong ; his ...
... prose works , owing to the controversial nature of their contents , have been too much neglected . Than the style of Milton , however , in these his polemic writings , nothing frequently can be more lofty , sonorous , and strong ; his ...
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... prose writers from 1580 to the restoration in 1660 , including SIDNEY , HOOKER , RALEIGH , BACON , BURTON , BROWNE , and MILTON , it will appear that our language during this period was formed upon no regular or legitimate model . Each ...
... prose writers from 1580 to the restoration in 1660 , including SIDNEY , HOOKER , RALEIGH , BACON , BURTON , BROWNE , and MILTON , it will appear that our language during this period was formed upon no regular or legitimate model . Each ...
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... prose of Milton , makes a nearer approach to the just idiom of our tongue than any other which their age afforded . It is to the Restoration , however , that we must look for that period when our language , with few exceptions , assumed ...
... prose of Milton , makes a nearer approach to the just idiom of our tongue than any other which their age afforded . It is to the Restoration , however , that we must look for that period when our language , with few exceptions , assumed ...
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... prose , should be the witty and metaphysical coWLEY . This once celebrated poet had resided much upon the continent , and was intimately acquainted with French litera- ture , and a great favourite with the exiled family . On the ...
... prose , should be the witty and metaphysical coWLEY . This once celebrated poet had resided much upon the continent , and was intimately acquainted with French litera- ture , and a great favourite with the exiled family . On the ...
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