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Page 112
... poetry , that his call is obeyed without resistance , the reader feels himself in captivity to a higher and nobler mind , and criticism sinks in admiration . Milton's style was not modified by his subject ; what is shown with greater ...
... poetry , that his call is obeyed without resistance , the reader feels himself in captivity to a higher and nobler mind , and criticism sinks in admiration . Milton's style was not modified by his subject ; what is shown with greater ...
Page 174
... poetry the reader justly expects , and from good poetry always obtains , the enlargement of his comprehension and elevation of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion . Whatever is great ...
... poetry the reader justly expects , and from good poetry always obtains , the enlargement of his comprehension and elevation of his fancy ; but this is rarely to be hoped by Christians from metrical devotion . Whatever is great ...
Page 398
... Poetry , 185 Dialogue on the Drama , 226 , 229 Dialogues of the Dead , 370 Dialogues upon Medals , 185 , 330 Dice ... poetry , 100 Episcopacy , speech on , 150-2 Epistles of Ovid , 204 , 242 Epitaphium Damonis , 61 Erythræus , 175 ...
... Poetry , 185 Dialogue on the Drama , 226 , 229 Dialogues of the Dead , 370 Dialogues upon Medals , 185 , 330 Dice ... poetry , 100 Episcopacy , speech on , 150-2 Epistles of Ovid , 204 , 242 Epitaphium Damonis , 61 Erythræus , 175 ...
Contents
WILLIAM CONGREVE 1670172829 | 29 |
George Granville LORD LANSDOWN 1665173435 | 35 |
INTRODUCTION by L ArcherHind | 44 |
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