The lives of the English poetsRivington, 1858 - 414 pages |
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Page 57
... Paradise Lost . At fifteen , a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two Psalms , 114 and 136 , which he thought worthy of the public eye ; but they raise no great expectations : they would in any numerous ...
... Paradise Lost . At fifteen , a date which he uses till he is sixteen , he translated or versified two Psalms , 114 and 136 , which he thought worthy of the public eye ; but they raise no great expectations : they would in any numerous ...
Page 66
... Paradise Lost . " He published the same year two more pamphlets , upon the same question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was " vomited out of the University , " he answers in general terms . " The fellows of the ...
... Paradise Lost . " He published the same year two more pamphlets , upon the same question . To one of his antagonists , who affirms that he was " vomited out of the University , " he answers in general terms . " The fellows of the ...
Page 76
... Paradise Lost ; " a design so comprehensive , that it could be justified only by success . He had once designed to celebrate King Arthur , as he hints in his verses to Mansus ; but " Arthur was reserved , " says Fenton , " to another ...
... Paradise Lost ; " a design so comprehensive , that it could be justified only by success . He had once designed to celebrate King Arthur , as he hints in his verses to Mansus ; but " Arthur was reserved , " says Fenton , " to another ...
Page 77
... lost . ACT V. Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel with Labour , Grief , Hatred , Envy , War , Famine , Pestilence , Sickness , Discontent , Ignorance , To whom he gives their names . Mutes . Fear , Death ...
... lost . ACT V. Adam and Eve driven out of Paradise . presented by an angel with Labour , Grief , Hatred , Envy , War , Famine , Pestilence , Sickness , Discontent , Ignorance , To whom he gives their names . Mutes . Fear , Death ...
Page 78
... Paradise with a more free office , passes by the station of the Chorus , and ... Paradise : but before causes to pass before his eyes , in shapes , a mask of all ... Lost ; " but it is pleasant to see great works in their seminal state ...
... Paradise with a more free office , passes by the station of the Chorus , and ... Paradise : but before causes to pass before his eyes , in shapes , a mask of all ... Lost ; " but it is pleasant to see great works in their seminal state ...
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