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Samuel Johnson. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . COWLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , p . I 105 123 BUTLER , ROCHESTER , ROSCOMMON , OTWAY , WALLER , 272 292 312 1 330 339 POMFRET , 422 DORSET , 425 STEPNEY , 431 J. PHILIPS , 435 WALSH , 461 1 ...
Samuel Johnson. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME . COWLEY , DENHAM , MILTON , p . I 105 123 BUTLER , ROCHESTER , ROSCOMMON , OTWAY , WALLER , 272 292 312 1 330 339 POMFRET , 422 DORSET , 425 STEPNEY , 431 J. PHILIPS , 435 WALSH , 461 1 ...
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... Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be fuperior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally content to exprefs the thoughts of the an- cients in their language ; Cowley , without much lofs of ...
... Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be fuperior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the fide of Cowley . Milton is generally content to exprefs the thoughts of the an- cients in their language ; Cowley , without much lofs of ...
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... Milton . Denham and Wal- ler fought another way to fame , by im- proving the harmony of our numbers . Mil- ton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors ...
... Milton . Denham and Wal- ler fought another way to fame , by im- proving the harmony of our numbers . Mil- ton tried the metaphyfick ftyle only in his lines upon Hobfon the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predeceffors ...
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... Milton of Satan : His fpear , to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills , to be the mast Of fome great admiral , were but a wand , He walked with . His diction was in his own time cenfured as negligent . He feems not to ...
... Milton of Satan : His fpear , to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills , to be the mast Of fome great admiral , were but a wand , He walked with . His diction was in his own time cenfured as negligent . He feems not to ...
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... of the writers that improved our taste , and ad- vanced our language , and whom we ought therefore to read with gratitude , though , having done much , he left much to do . MIL- MILTON . HE Life of Milton has been already ΤΗ 122 DENHAM .
... of the writers that improved our taste , and ad- vanced our language , and whom we ought therefore to read with gratitude , though , having done much , he left much to do . MIL- MILTON . HE Life of Milton has been already ΤΗ 122 DENHAM .
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