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... poets may , I think , be difpofed in four different claffes and degrees . In the firft clafs , I would place , our only three fublime and pa- thetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON . In the fecond class should be ranked , fuch as ...
... poets may , I think , be difpofed in four different claffes and degrees . In the firft clafs , I would place , our only three fublime and pa- thetic poets ; SPENSER , SHAKESPEARE , MILTON . In the fecond class should be ranked , fuch as ...
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... poem of Ifaiali , which is the most perfect and unexampled model , among all the monu- ments of antiquity . The perfonifications are frequent , but not confused ; are bold but not affected : a free , lofty , and truly divine spirit ...
... poem of Ifaiali , which is the most perfect and unexampled model , among all the monu- ments of antiquity . The perfonifications are frequent , but not confused ; are bold but not affected : a free , lofty , and truly divine spirit ...
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... poem before us , which arenot equally applicable to any place whatsoever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar beauties of the Foreft of Windfor , are here de- fcribed . Nor are the fports of fetting , shooting , and fishing ...
... poem before us , which arenot equally applicable to any place whatsoever . Rural beauty in general , and not the peculiar beauties of the Foreft of Windfor , are here de- fcribed . Nor are the fports of fetting , shooting , and fishing ...
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... poetic enthusiasm , than where , fpeaking of the poets who lived or died near this spot , he breaks out , I feem through confecrated ... poem now before us . bleffings bleffings of peace * . OLD FATHER THAMES is raised 24 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... poetic enthusiasm , than where , fpeaking of the poets who lived or died near this spot , he breaks out , I feem through confecrated ... poem now before us . bleffings bleffings of peace * . OLD FATHER THAMES is raised 24 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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... royal - towred Thame ‡ . * Ver . 337 . At a vacation exercife , aged but nineteen . + Fairy Queen , B. iv . C. 11 . & c . Ver . 91. Milton was now THE THE poets , both ancient and modern , are obliged 26 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
... royal - towred Thame ‡ . * Ver . 337 . At a vacation exercife , aged but nineteen . + Fairy Queen , B. iv . C. 11 . & c . Ver . 91. Milton was now THE THE poets , both ancient and modern , are obliged 26 ESSAY ON THE GENIUS.
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