Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-DrydenClarendon Press, 1967 - English poetry |
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Page 142
... Paradise Lost a deduction thus minute will rather gratify than fatigue ' . The slow sale and tardy reputation of this poem have been always mentioned as evidences of neglected merit and of the uncertainty of literary fame , and ...
... Paradise Lost a deduction thus minute will rather gratify than fatigue ' . The slow sale and tardy reputation of this poem have been always mentioned as evidences of neglected merit and of the uncertainty of literary fame , and ...
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... Paradise Lost only a ' poem ' , ' yet calls it himself ' heroick song " ' Dryden , petulantly and indecently , denies the heroism of Adam because he was overcome ; but there is no reason why the hero should not be unfortunate except ...
... Paradise Lost only a ' poem ' , ' yet calls it himself ' heroick song " ' Dryden , petulantly and indecently , denies the heroism of Adam because he was overcome ; but there is no reason why the hero should not be unfortunate except ...
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... Paradise Lost as ' undoubtedly one of the greatest , most noble , and most sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced . ' Works , v . 112 . In 1678 Rymer wrote of ' that Paradise Lost of Milton's , which some are pleased ...
... Paradise Lost as ' undoubtedly one of the greatest , most noble , and most sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced . ' Works , v . 112 . In 1678 Rymer wrote of ' that Paradise Lost of Milton's , which some are pleased ...
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