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In the examination of epick poems much speculation is commonly employed upon the characters . The characters in the Paradise Lost , which admit of examination , are those of angels and of man ; of angels good and evil ; of man in his ...
In the examination of epick poems much speculation is commonly employed upon the characters . The characters in the Paradise Lost , which admit of examination , are those of angels and of man ; of angels good and evil ; of man in his ...
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It is by universal consent accounted the work in which he has admitted the fewest improprieties of style or character ; but it has one fault equal to many , though rather moral than critical , that by admitting the romantick omnipotence ...
It is by universal consent accounted the work in which he has admitted the fewest improprieties of style or character ; but it has one fault equal to many , though rather moral than critical , that by admitting the romantick omnipotence ...
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The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an evening in his company , declared that he was a parson in a tye - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to uncommon ...
The remark of Mandeville , who , when he had passed an evening in his company , declared that he was a parson in a tye - wig , can detract little from his character ; he was always reserved to strangers , and was not incited to uncommon ...
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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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