The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 79
... Comus , " which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the ho- nour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; but ...
... Comus , " which was presented at Ludlow , then the residence of the Lord President of Wales , in 1634 ; and had the ho- nour of being acted by the Earl of Bridgewater's sons and daughter . The fiction is derived from Homer's Circe ; but ...
Page 80
... Comus of Erycius Puteanus , in which , under the fiction of a dream , the characters of Comus and his attendants are delineated , and the delights of sensualists exposed and reprobated . This little tract was published at Louvain in ...
... Comus of Erycius Puteanus , in which , under the fiction of a dream , the characters of Comus and his attendants are delineated , and the delights of sensualists exposed and reprobated . This little tract was published at Louvain in ...
Page 97
... With the exception of " Comus , " in which , Dr. Johnson afterwards says , may very plainly be discovered the dawn or twilight of " Paradise Lost . " - C . never learned the art of doing little things with grace MILTON . 133.
... With the exception of " Comus , " in which , Dr. Johnson afterwards says , may very plainly be discovered the dawn or twilight of " Paradise Lost . " - C . never learned the art of doing little things with grace MILTON . 133.
Page 102
... Comus " afford only a specimen of his language ; it exhibits likewise his power of description and his vigour of sentiment , employed in the praise and defence of virtue . A work more truly poetical is rarely found ; allusions , images ...
... Comus " afford only a specimen of his language ; it exhibits likewise his power of description and his vigour of sentiment , employed in the praise and defence of virtue . A work more truly poetical is rarely found ; allusions , images ...
Page 103
... Comus has airiness and jollity ; but , what may recommend Milton's morals as well as his poetry , the invitations to pleasure are so general , that they excite no distinct images of corrupt en- joyment , and take no dangerous hold on ...
... Comus has airiness and jollity ; but , what may recommend Milton's morals as well as his poetry , the invitations to pleasure are so general , that they excite no distinct images of corrupt en- joyment , and take no dangerous hold on ...
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