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... Milton , as of Hudibras ; if we ftrike out of the num- ber of these supposed admirers , those who appear fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling ? SWIFT's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord ...
... Milton , as of Hudibras ; if we ftrike out of the num- ber of these supposed admirers , those who appear fuch out of fashion , and not of feeling ? SWIFT's rhapsody on poetry is far more popular than Akenfide's noble ode to lord ...
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Joseph Warton. Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires , you would indeed have gained the title of a man of wit , and a man of fenfe ; but , I am confi- dent , would not infift on being deno- minated a POET , MERELY on ...
Joseph Warton. Penferofo of Milton . Had you written only these fatires , you would indeed have gained the title of a man of wit , and a man of fenfe ; but , I am confi- dent , would not infift on being deno- minated a POET , MERELY on ...
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... MILTON . In the fecond class should be ranked , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . I At At the head of these are DRYDEN ...
... MILTON . In the fecond class should be ranked , fuch as poffeffed the true poetical genius , in a more moderate degree , but who had noble talents for moral , ethical , and panegyrical poefy . I At At the head of these are DRYDEN ...
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... Milton : on LYCIDAS , one of his juvenile pieces , i • Πα ποκ ' ας ήσθ ἱκα Δαφνις ἐτακείο ; πα πικα , Νύμφαι ; Η καλα Πηνεία καλα τέμπεα , η κατα Πίνδω ; Ου γαρ δη πολέμοιο με αν ςοον ειχεῖ ̓ Αναπω , Ουδ ' Αίνας σκοπιαν , εδ ' Ακκιδῶν ...
... Milton : on LYCIDAS , one of his juvenile pieces , i • Πα ποκ ' ας ήσθ ἱκα Δαφνις ἐτακείο ; πα πικα , Νύμφαι ; Η καλα Πηνεία καλα τέμπεα , η κατα Πίνδω ; Ου γαρ δη πολέμοιο με αν ςοον ειχεῖ ̓ Αναπω , Ουδ ' Αίνας σκοπιαν , εδ ' Ακκιδῶν ...
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... Milton , in which I think him inferior to the last quoted paffage , except perhaps in the third line ; first remarking that both authors are much indebted to Spenfert , and perhaps to Drayton . Rivers arife ! whether thou be the fon Of ...
... Milton , in which I think him inferior to the last quoted paffage , except perhaps in the third line ; first remarking that both authors are much indebted to Spenfert , and perhaps to Drayton . Rivers arife ! whether thou be the fon Of ...
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