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... expressions as might taint the reader's imagination , was indeed one of the greatest difficulties in Milton's under- taking , and I cannot but think that he has extricated himself with great happiness . There is in Satan's speeches ...
... expressions as might taint the reader's imagination , was indeed one of the greatest difficulties in Milton's under- taking , and I cannot but think that he has extricated himself with great happiness . There is in Satan's speeches ...
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... expression . Though all is easy , nothing is feeble ; though all seems careless , there is nothing harsh ; and though since his earlier works more than a century has passed , they have nothing yet uncouth or obsolete . He who writes ...
... expression . Though all is easy , nothing is feeble ; though all seems careless , there is nothing harsh ; and though since his earlier works more than a century has passed , they have nothing yet uncouth or obsolete . He who writes ...
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... expression , as when he accommodates his diction to the wonderful multiplicity of Homer's sentiments and descriptions . Poetical expression includes sound as well as meaning . " Music , " says Dryden , " is inarticulate poetry " ; among ...
... expression , as when he accommodates his diction to the wonderful multiplicity of Homer's sentiments and descriptions . Poetical expression includes sound as well as meaning . " Music , " says Dryden , " is inarticulate poetry " ; among ...
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From The Life of Abraham Cowley | 1 |
From The Life of John Milton 16081674 | 21 |
From The Life of John Dryden 16311700 | 43 |
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