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... sufficiently gallant , but what he adds has much of the sublime , and is like a thought of Milton's . To man that was i'th ' evening made , Stars gave the first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy shade , Those little drops of light .
... sufficiently gallant , but what he adds has much of the sublime , and is like a thought of Milton's . To man that was i'th ' evening made , Stars gave the first delight ; Admiring in the gloomy shade , Those little drops of light .
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Compare Cowley's ode on presenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
Compare Cowley's ode on presenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true spirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
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This line is taken from Milton ; And justify the ways of God to man * . 4 Pope seems to have hinted , by this allusion to the Paradise Lost , that he intended his poem for a defence of providence , as well as Milton : but he took a very ...
This line is taken from Milton ; And justify the ways of God to man * . 4 Pope seems to have hinted , by this allusion to the Paradise Lost , that he intended his poem for a defence of providence , as well as Milton : but he took a very ...
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This is the solid and scriptural solution of that grand and difficult question , which in vain hath puzzled and bewildered the speculatifts of so many ages , OJEV TO Milton , in one of his smaller and neglected poems , has left us a ...
This is the solid and scriptural solution of that grand and difficult question , which in vain hath puzzled and bewildered the speculatifts of so many ages , OJEV TO Milton , in one of his smaller and neglected poems , has left us a ...
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Especially , as I am told he had inserted an address to Jesus Christ , in the Elay 1 and will vindicate himself , as Milton speaks , from the rath judgment of mortals . ” Lettre De M. De Ramíay , A Pontoise le 28 April , 1742 .
Especially , as I am told he had inserted an address to Jesus Christ , in the Elay 1 and will vindicate himself , as Milton speaks , from the rath judgment of mortals . ” Lettre De M. De Ramíay , A Pontoise le 28 April , 1742 .
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| Title | An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Volume 2 An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Joseph Warton Volume 2 of An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope. In Two Volumes, Joseph Warton |
| Author | Joseph Warton |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J. Dodsley, 1782 |
| Original from | University of Lausanne |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
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