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This Milton has undertaken , and performed with pregnancy and vigour of mind peculiar to himself . Whoever considers the few radical positions which the Scriptures afforded him , will wonder by what energetick operation he expanded them ...
This Milton has undertaken , and performed with pregnancy and vigour of mind peculiar to himself . Whoever considers the few radical positions which the Scriptures afforded him , will wonder by what energetick operation he expanded them ...
Page 131
Had this poem been written not by Milton , but by some imitator , it would have claimed and received universal praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Sampson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired .
Had this poem been written not by Milton , but by some imitator , it would have claimed and received universal praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Sampson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired .
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He that should again adapt Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult , must yet expect but a small part of the praise which Philips has obtained ; he can only ...
He that should again adapt Milton's phrase to the gross incidents of common life , and even adapt it with more art , which would not be difficult , must yet expect but a small part of the praise which Philips has obtained ; he can only ...
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| Title | Lives of The English Poets Volume I |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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