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... they who never had been ufed to the furprifing juice of the grape , render up their reafon to the first delicious cup " this is fufficiently gallant , but what he adds has much of the fublime , and is like a thought of Milton's .
... they who never had been ufed to the furprifing juice of the grape , render up their reafon to the first delicious cup " this is fufficiently gallant , but what he adds has much of the fublime , and is like a thought of Milton's .
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Compare Cowley's ode on prefenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true fpirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
Compare Cowley's ode on prefenting his book to the Bodleian library , with one of Milton on the same subject , Ad Johannem Rouseium , 1646 , written in the true fpirit of the ancient Lyrics , and an excellent imitation of Pindar .
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This line is taken from Milton ; And juftify the ways of God to man * . POPE feems to have hinted , by this allufion to the Paradife Loft , 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 juftify the ways of God to man * . POPE feems to have hinted , by this allufion to the Paradife Loft , that he intended his poem for a defence of providence , as well as Milton : but he took a very ...
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Milton , in one of his fmaller and neglected poems , has left us a fublime paffage founded on the Chriftian doctrine of the Fall , and of the preceding harmony of all things . * Ver . 108 . † Ταυθ ' ότι μεν εςιν ισχυρα , και ςιβαρα ...
Milton , in one of his fmaller and neglected poems , has left us a fublime paffage founded on the Chriftian doctrine of the Fall , and of the preceding harmony of all things . * Ver . 108 . † Ταυθ ' ότι μεν εςιν ισχυρα , και ςιβαρα ...
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Efpecially , as I am told he had inferted an addrefs to Jefus Chrift , in the Effay and will vindicate himself , as Milton fpeaks , from the rash judgment of mortals . " Lettre De M. De Ramsay , A Pontoife le 28 April , 1742 .
Efpecially , as I am told he had inferted an addrefs to Jefus Chrift , in the Effay and will vindicate himself , as Milton fpeaks , from the rash judgment of mortals . " Lettre De M. De Ramsay , A Pontoife 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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