Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1H. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1906 - English poetry |
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Page 135
... ancients ; his unneces- sary and ungraceful use of terms of art ; it is not necessary to mention , because they are easily re- marked , and generally censured ... ancient tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , MILTON 135.
... ancients ; his unneces- sary and ungraceful use of terms of art ; it is not necessary to mention , because they are easily re- marked , and generally censured ... ancient tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , MILTON 135.
Page 240
... ancients by the moderns , and not the moderns by the ancients ; he takes those passages of their own authors to be really sublime which come the nearest to it ; he often calls that a noble and a great thought which is only a pretty and ...
... ancients by the moderns , and not the moderns by the ancients ; he takes those passages of their own authors to be really sublime which come the nearest to it ; he often calls that a noble and a great thought which is only a pretty and ...
Page 352
... ancients , except in this one example of Phaedra , cited by Mr. Rymer ; and in that how short they were of Fletcher ! ' Prove also that love , being an heroick passion , is fit for tragedy , which cannot be denied , because of the ...
... ancients , except in this one example of Phaedra , cited by Mr. Rymer ; and in that how short they were of Fletcher ! ' Prove also that love , being an heroick passion , is fit for tragedy , which cannot be denied , because of the ...
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