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... Seasons is another writer who is commonly ranked among the romanticists ; yet he certainly thought highly of the poetry of his Twickenham neighbor , with whose circle he was intimate . Thom- son's appreciation and imitation of Paradise ...
... Seasons is another writer who is commonly ranked among the romanticists ; yet he certainly thought highly of the poetry of his Twickenham neighbor , with whose circle he was intimate . Thom- son's appreciation and imitation of Paradise ...
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... and Spenser , as well as the reason why long and serious poems like The Seasons and Night Thoughts , which were liked by almost every one , were not regarded as great . all out , and the ancients too . " 1 20 THE INFLUENCE OF MILTON.
... and Spenser , as well as the reason why long and serious poems like The Seasons and Night Thoughts , which were liked by almost every one , were not regarded as great . all out , and the ancients too . " 1 20 THE INFLUENCE OF MILTON.
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... Seasons , Night Thoughts , The Grave , Pleasures of Imagination , and The Task.2 These , with Paradise Lost , were the poems most read ; obviously , then , it is only when a critic restricts himself to such literature as seems to him ...
... Seasons , Night Thoughts , The Grave , Pleasures of Imagination , and The Task.2 These , with Paradise Lost , were the poems most read ; obviously , then , it is only when a critic restricts himself to such literature as seems to him ...
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... Seasons , Night Thoughts , and The Task . 3 The obvious fact that rime is better adapted to some purposes and blank verse to others was soon realized by all save extremists . “ In English Poetry , ” wrote John Armstrong , " I question ...
... Seasons , Night Thoughts , and The Task . 3 The obvious fact that rime is better adapted to some purposes and blank verse to others was soon realized by all save extremists . “ In English Poetry , ” wrote John Armstrong , " I question ...
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... Seasons , The Task , Night Thoughts , and perhaps a few others ; but he knows very little of them , and is obliged to confess that to him blank - verse poetry means the nineteenth century and Milton . Nor is this all ; for of the half ...
... Seasons , The Task , Night Thoughts , and perhaps a few others ; but he knows very little of them , and is obliged to confess that to him blank - verse poetry means the nineteenth century and Milton . Nor is this all ; for of the half ...
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