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... century " did not thoroughly understand them , it accepted even Shakespeare and Milton . It regarded Dryden . . . very much as we should regard Shake- speare and Milton rolled into one . " Towards the middle of that century , to be sure ...
... century " did not thoroughly understand them , it accepted even Shakespeare and Milton . It regarded Dryden . . . very much as we should regard Shake- speare and Milton rolled into one . " Towards the middle of that century , to be sure ...
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... century the great actress , Mrs. Siddons , made an abridgment of the epic for her chil- dren , because she " was naturally desirous that their minds should be inspired with an early admiration of Milton . " This was after- wards ...
... century the great actress , Mrs. Siddons , made an abridgment of the epic for her chil- dren , because she " was naturally desirous that their minds should be inspired with an early admiration of Milton . " This was after- wards ...
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... CENTURIES In taking up the study of the eighteenth - century sonnet we enter terra incognita . A few scholastic explorers , to be sure , have viewed the region from afar , but even had theirs been the Pisgah vision we should have needed ...
... CENTURIES In taking up the study of the eighteenth - century sonnet we enter terra incognita . A few scholastic explorers , to be sure , have viewed the region from afar , but even had theirs been the Pisgah vision we should have needed ...
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MILTONS FAME IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 3 |
BLANK VERSE AND RIME | 44 |
PROSODY AND DICTION | 54 |
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