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Page 126
... Seasons " was writ- ten that Coleridge , seeing a much - worn copy of the poem lying on the window - seat of an obscure inn , exclaimed , " That is true fame ! " 2 Tributes to the poem are so embarrassingly abundant that there is room ...
... Seasons " was writ- ten that Coleridge , seeing a much - worn copy of the poem lying on the window - seat of an obscure inn , exclaimed , " That is true fame ! " 2 Tributes to the poem are so embarrassingly abundant that there is room ...
Page 131
... Seasons also , as one would expect , give abundant evidence of admiration for Paradise Lost . They do more : they indicate an essential kinship between the two poets on many vital matters . For example , the author of The Seasons liked ...
... Seasons also , as one would expect , give abundant evidence of admiration for Paradise Lost . They do more : they indicate an essential kinship between the two poets on many vital matters . For example , the author of The Seasons liked ...
Page 142
... Seasons , though he regarded it as " too exuberant . " 4 But how could he have condemned it in view of his own pompous Latinisms and the " relaxation of his grav- ity " caused by Shakespeare's use of the words " peep , " " blanket ...
... Seasons , though he regarded it as " too exuberant . " 4 But how could he have condemned it in view of his own pompous Latinisms and the " relaxation of his grav- ity " caused by Shakespeare's use of the words " peep , " " blanket ...
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MILTONS FAME IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 3 |
BLANK VERSE AND RIME | 44 |
PROSODY AND DICTION | 54 |
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