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... regarded Dryden . . . very much as we should regard Shake- speare and Milton rolled into one . " Towards the middle of that century , to be sure , Milton and Spenser are known to have played a considerable part in the " romantic revival ...
... regarded Dryden . . . very much as we should regard Shake- speare and Milton rolled into one . " Towards the middle of that century , to be sure , Milton and Spenser are known to have played a considerable part in the " romantic revival ...
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... regarded as the greatest English poets . The Edinburgh Review was nearer the truth when it declared in 1808 , " That he [ Pope ] is not of the class of Milton and Shakespeare is indisputable ; and , notwithstanding the two volumes , 1 ...
... regarded as the greatest English poets . The Edinburgh Review was nearer the truth when it declared in 1808 , " That he [ Pope ] is not of the class of Milton and Shakespeare is indisputable ; and , notwithstanding the two volumes , 1 ...
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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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... regarded by some persons as the greatest of its kind ever written . The effect upon the public of such an increasing flow of Miltonic adulation must have been very great . So great indeed was it that— by an impish irony which would have ...
... regarded by some persons as the greatest of its kind ever written . The effect upon the public of such an increasing flow of Miltonic adulation must have been very great . So great indeed was it that— by an impish irony which would have ...
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... regarded not only as " the finest poem in the world " but as a touchstone of poetic taste ; yet such persons must have kept their thoughts to themselves , for adverse comments rarely found their way into print . And though some , no ...
... regarded not only as " the finest poem in the world " but as a touchstone of poetic taste ; yet such persons must have kept their thoughts to themselves , for adverse comments rarely found their way into print . And though some , no ...
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