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Page xv
... Samson Agonistes must have been inspired by the same cause . 1 i.e. old style . The volume was entered on the registers of the Stationers ' Company under the date of October 6th , 1645 . It was published on Jan. 2 , 1646 , with the ...
... Samson Agonistes must have been inspired by the same cause . 1 i.e. old style . The volume was entered on the registers of the Stationers ' Company under the date of October 6th , 1645 . It was published on Jan. 2 , 1646 , with the ...
Page xvii
... Samson Agonistes there are frequent references to his affliction . appeared in 1654. Neither of the combatants gained anything by b 2 LIFE OF MILTON . xvii.
... Samson Agonistes there are frequent references to his affliction . appeared in 1654. Neither of the combatants gained anything by b 2 LIFE OF MILTON . xvii.
Page xix
... Samson Agonistes . ablest things , not1 presuming to sing high praises of LIFE OF MILTON . xix.
... Samson Agonistes . ablest things , not1 presuming to sing high praises of LIFE OF MILTON . xix.
Page xx
... Samson Agonistes , with Homer or Shakespeare - and none but the greatest can be his parallel - we find in him a certain want of humanity , a touch of narrowness . He lacks the large - heartedness , the genial , generous breadth of Shake ...
... Samson Agonistes , with Homer or Shakespeare - and none but the greatest can be his parallel - we find in him a certain want of humanity , a touch of narrowness . He lacks the large - heartedness , the genial , generous breadth of Shake ...
Page xxii
... Samson Agonistes . As things fell out , the scheme was dropped , and never taken up again . When he finally addressed himself to the composition of Paradise Lost he had decided in favour of the epic or narrative form . Following Aubrey ...
... Samson Agonistes . As things fell out , the scheme was dropped , and never taken up again . When he finally addressed himself to the composition of Paradise Lost he had decided in favour of the epic or narrative form . Following Aubrey ...
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