The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1F.C. and J. Rivington, 1820 - English poetry |
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Page 11
... Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the ...
... Milton , of dissimilar genius , of opposite principles ; but concurring in the cultivation of Latin poetry , in which the English , till their works and May's poem appeared , seemed unable to contest the palm with any other of the ...
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Samuel Johnson. If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients ...
Samuel Johnson. If the Latin performances of Cowley and Milton be compared ( for May I hold to be superior to both ) , the advantage seems to lie on the side of Cowley . Milton is generally content to express the thoughts of the ancients ...
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... Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our num bers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having ...
... Milton . Denham and Waller sought another way to fame , by improving the harmony of our num bers . Milton tried the metaphysic style only in his lines upon Hobson the Carrier . Cowley adopted it , and excelled his predecessors , having ...
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... Milton seems to have borrowed from him . He says of Goliah , His spear , the trunk was of a lofty tree , Which nature meant some tall ship's mast should be . Milton of Satan : His spear , to equal which 56 COWLEY .
... Milton seems to have borrowed from him . He says of Goliah , His spear , the trunk was of a lofty tree , Which nature meant some tall ship's mast should be . Milton of Satan : His spear , to equal which 56 COWLEY .
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... MILTON . THE life of Milton has been already written in so many forms , and with such minute inquiry , that I might perhaps more properly have contented my- self with the addition of a few notes on Mr. Fen- ton's elegant Abridgment ...
... MILTON . THE life of Milton has been already written in so many forms , and with such minute inquiry , that I might perhaps more properly have contented my- self with the addition of a few notes on Mr. Fen- ton's elegant Abridgment ...
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