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The questions, whether the action of the poem be strictly one, whether the poem
can be properly termed heroick, and who is the hero, are raised by such readers
as draw their principles of judgement rather from books than from reason. Milton
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The questions, whether the action of the poem be strictly one, whether the poem
can be properly termed heroick, and who is the hero, are raised by such readers
as draw their principles of judgement rather from books than from reason. Milton
...
Page 146
The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden, who regrets that the
heroick measure was not rather chosen. To the critical sentence of Dryden the
highest reverence would be due, were not his decisions often precipitate, and his
...
The mode of versification has been blamed by Dryden, who regrets that the
heroick measure was not rather chosen. To the critical sentence of Dryden the
highest reverence would be due, were not his decisions often precipitate, and his
...
Page 315
never go to church, though spritely and keen, has, however, not much of heroick
poesy. These are the chief ; to number o'er the rest, And stand like Adam naming
every beast, Were weary work; nor will the Muse describe A slimy-born, and ...
never go to church, though spritely and keen, has, however, not much of heroick
poesy. These are the chief ; to number o'er the rest, And stand like Adam naming
every beast, Were weary work; nor will the Muse describe A slimy-born, and ...
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| Title | Lives of the English Poets |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Published | 1961 |
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