Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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... characters . The characters in the Paradise Lost , which admit of examination , are those of angels and of man ... character can justify , because no good man would willingly permit them to pass , however transiently , through his ...
... characters . The characters in the Paradise Lost , which admit of examination , are those of angels and of man ... character can justify , because no good man would willingly permit them to pass , however transiently , through his ...
Page 266
... character ; but it has one fault equal to many , though rather moral than critical , that by admitting the romantick ... characters or incidents of the drama , are deservedly celebrated for their elegance and spriteliness ...
... character ; but it has one fault equal to many , though rather moral than critical , that by admitting the romantick ... characters or incidents of the drama , are deservedly celebrated for their elegance and spriteliness ...
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... character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies of those with whom interest or opinion united him , he had not only the esteem , but the kindness ; and of others , whom the violence of op- position drove against ...
... character given him by his friends was never contradicted by his enemies of those with whom interest or opinion united him , he had not only the esteem , but the kindness ; and of others , whom the violence of op- position drove against ...
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