Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Oxford University Press, 1926 - English poetry |
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Page 35
... reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed ...
... reader of less skill seem thrown together by chance , are concatenated without any abruption . Though the English ode cannot be called a translation , it may be very properly consulted as a commentary . The spirit of Pindar is indeed ...
Page 42
... reader feels himself weary with this useless talk of an allegorical Being . It is not only when the events are confessedly miraculous , that fancy and fiction lose their effect : the whole system of life , while the Theocracy was yet ...
... reader feels himself weary with this useless talk of an allegorical Being . It is not only when the events are confessedly miraculous , that fancy and fiction lose their effect : the whole system of life , while the Theocracy was yet ...
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... reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruc- tion , retire harassed and overburdened , and look ...
... reader admires and lays down , and forgets to take up again . None ever wished it longer than it is . Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure . We read Milton for instruc- tion , retire harassed and overburdened , and look ...
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