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Page 118
This seems to have been the process only of Milton ; the moral of other poems is incidental and con- sequent ; in Milton's only it is essential and intrinsick . His purpose was the most useful and the most arduous ; to vindicate the ...
This seems to have been the process only of Milton ; the moral of other poems is incidental and con- sequent ; in Milton's only it is essential and intrinsick . His purpose was the most useful and the most arduous ; to vindicate the ...
Page 131
Had this poem been written not by Milton , but by some imitator , it would have claimed and received universal praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Sampson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired .
Had this poem been written not by Milton , but by some imitator , it would have claimed and received universal praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Sampson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired .
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He that should again adapt Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult , must yet expect but a small part of the praise which Philips has obtained ; he can only ...
He that should again adapt Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult , must yet expect but a small part of the praise which Philips has obtained ; he can only ...
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