LivesA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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Page 40
... tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour , that he brought to his poetick labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the ...
... tragedy . It may be affirmed , without any encomiastic fervour , that he brought to his poetick labours a mind replete with learning , and that his pages are embellished with all the ornaments which books could supply ; that he was the ...
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... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the Sun. These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of Paradise Lost there are two plans : The ...
... tragedy , beginning with the first ten lines of Satan's address to the Sun. These mysteries consist of allegorical persons ; such as Justice , Mercy , Faith . Of the tragedy or mystery of Paradise Lost there are two plans : The ...
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... tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the Rainbow be the Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first con- ception was a ...
... tragedy . Voltaire tells a wild and unauthorised story of a farce seen by Milton in Italy , which opened thus : Let the Rainbow be the Fiddlestick of the Fiddle of Heaven . It has been already shewn , that the first con- ception was a ...
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... tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is only ... tragedy are however many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines ; but it wants that power of ...
... tragedies , with their encumbrance of a chorus , to the exhibitions of the French and English stages ; and it is only ... tragedy are however many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines ; but it wants that power of ...
Page 92
... tragedies , a few short poems had appeared in blank verse , particularly one , tending to reconcile the nation to Raleigh's wild attempt upon Guiana , and probably written by Raleigh himself . These petty performances cannot be supposed ...
... tragedies , a few short poems had appeared in blank verse , particularly one , tending to reconcile the nation to Raleigh's wild attempt upon Guiana , and probably written by Raleigh himself . These petty performances cannot be supposed ...
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