Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1Dent, 1925 - English poetry |
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... original sense . As to the actual criticism , we are not so much hurt by praise of the conventional ( remembering the age in which and for which it was written ) as by Johnson's contempt for some of those beauties that we feel ourselves ...
... original sense . As to the actual criticism , we are not so much hurt by praise of the conventional ( remembering the age in which and for which it was written ) as by Johnson's contempt for some of those beauties that we feel ourselves ...
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... original in elegance , and the conclusion below it in strength . The connection is supplied with great perspicuity ... original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his para- phrast , who has many other plays ...
... original in elegance , and the conclusion below it in strength . The connection is supplied with great perspicuity ... original new moon , her tender forehead and her horns , is superadded by his para- phrast , who has many other plays ...
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... original happiness and innocence , their for- feiture of immortality , and their restoration to hope and peace . Great events can be hastened or retarded only by persons of elevated dignity . Before the greatness displayed in Milton's ...
... original happiness and innocence , their for- feiture of immortality , and their restoration to hope and peace . Great events can be hastened or retarded only by persons of elevated dignity . Before the greatness displayed in Milton's ...
Contents
ABRAHAM COWLEY 16181667 | 44 |
JOHN MILTON 16081674 | 64 |
SAMUEL BUTLER 16121680 | 115 |
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