The Lives of the English Poets, Volume 1B. Tauchnitz, 1858 - 402 pages |
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Page 39
... tion are employed , with the skill of a man acquainted with the best models . The past is recalled by narration , and the future anticipated by vision : but he has been so lavish of his poetical art , that it is difficult to imagine now ...
... tion are employed , with the skill of a man acquainted with the best models . The past is recalled by narration , and the future anticipated by vision : but he has been so lavish of his poetical art , that it is difficult to imagine now ...
Page 46
... tion is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet : because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recita- tion ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that can be done by a broken verse , a line ...
... tion is imitated by no subsequent Roman poet : because Virgil himself filled up one broken line in the heat of recita- tion ; because in one the sense is now unfinished ; and because all that can be done by a broken verse , a line ...
Page 78
... tion of Eve , with their love and marriage . After this , Lucifer appears ; after his overthrow , bemoans himself , seeks revenge on man . The Chorus prepare resistance on his first approach . At last , after discourse of enmity on ...
... tion of Eve , with their love and marriage . After this , Lucifer appears ; after his overthrow , bemoans himself , seeks revenge on man . The Chorus prepare resistance on his first approach . At last , after discourse of enmity on ...
Page 87
... tion to the seventh , that the return of the King had clouded him with discountenance , and that he was offended by the licentious festivity of the Restoration . There are no other internal notes of time . Milton , being now cleared ...
... tion to the seventh , that the return of the King had clouded him with discountenance , and that he was offended by the licentious festivity of the Restoration . There are no other internal notes of time . Milton , being now cleared ...
Page 101
... tion : no mention is therefore made of a philosophical friend , or a pleasant companion . The seriousness does not arise from any participation of calamity , nor the gaiety from the plea- sures of the bottle . The man of cheerfulness ...
... tion : no mention is therefore made of a philosophical friend , or a pleasant companion . The seriousness does not arise from any participation of calamity , nor the gaiety from the plea- sures of the bottle . The man of cheerfulness ...
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