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In this tragedy are however many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines ; but it wants that power of attracting the attention which a well - connected plan produces . Milton would not have excelled in dramatick ...
In this tragedy are however many particular beauties , many just sentiments and striking lines ; but it wants that power of attracting the attention which a well - connected plan produces . Milton would not have excelled in dramatick ...
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Thirdly , what he thinks the beauties of it . Fourthly , the means to attain the end proposed . " Compare the Greek and English tragick poets justly , and without partiality , according to those rules .
Thirdly , what he thinks the beauties of it . Fourthly , the means to attain the end proposed . " Compare the Greek and English tragick poets justly , and without partiality , according to those rules .
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His condolence for the death of Mr. Philips is full of the noblest beauties , and hath done justice to the ashes of that second Milton , whose writings will last as long as the English language , generosity , and valour .
His condolence for the death of Mr. Philips is full of the noblest beauties , and hath done justice to the ashes of that second Milton , whose writings will last as long as the English language , generosity , and valour .
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Volume 1 Volumes 770-771 of Everyman's Library Lives of the English Poets: With an Introduction by Arthur Waugh, Samuel Johnson Volume 84 of Worlds classics |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | Frowde, 191? |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Feb 2019 |
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