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... Milton and Shakespeare ; and the dilettante Horace Walpole asked a friend to procure him " a print of Vallombrosa , " because of the passion there is for it in England , as Milton has mentioned it . ” 1 As late as 1793 John Aikin ...
... Milton and Shakespeare ; and the dilettante Horace Walpole asked a friend to procure him " a print of Vallombrosa , " because of the passion there is for it in England , as Milton has mentioned it . ” 1 As late as 1793 John Aikin ...
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... Milton.2 Accordingly , when we find a man of literary tastes , like the elder Nicholas Hardinge , described as a " determined and zealous Whig , " we are pretty certain to learn that he was also " a great admirer of Milton . " The ...
... Milton.2 Accordingly , when we find a man of literary tastes , like the elder Nicholas Hardinge , described as a " determined and zealous Whig , " we are pretty certain to learn that he was also " a great admirer of Milton . " The ...
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... Milton , and the minor prophetic books . I dreamed that Milton's spirit rose , and took From life's green tree his Uranian lute ; And from his touch sweet thunder flowed , and shook All human things built in contempt of man , - And ...
... Milton , and the minor prophetic books . I dreamed that Milton's spirit rose , and took From life's green tree his Uranian lute ; And from his touch sweet thunder flowed , and shook All human things built in contempt of man , - And ...
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MILTONS FAME IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 3 |
BLANK VERSE AND RIME | 44 |
PROSODY AND DICTION | 54 |
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