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... seems to be rare . 1 Most of us , therefore , have no hesitation in agreeing with the assertion , " Milton has never been a popular poet as Shakespeare is popular , never perhaps even as Scott is popular , or as Byron was in his day and ...
... seems to be rare . 1 Most of us , therefore , have no hesitation in agreeing with the assertion , " Milton has never been a popular poet as Shakespeare is popular , never perhaps even as Scott is popular , or as Byron was in his day and ...
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... seem to be no reason for questioning them ; yet , since almost any generalization regarding the eighteenth century needs ... seems only fair to indicate the references to Milton for which I am indebted to Mr. Good . I have not , however ...
... seem to be no reason for questioning them ; yet , since almost any generalization regarding the eighteenth century needs ... seems only fair to indicate the references to Milton for which I am indebted to Mr. Good . I have not , however ...
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... seems to have rivalled and ex- celled all other Epic poets . " Paradise Lost , according to this treatise , is " wonderfully described , painted with such bold and noble strokes , and delivered in such nervous language . . . so orig ...
... seems to have rivalled and ex- celled all other Epic poets . " Paradise Lost , according to this treatise , is " wonderfully described , painted with such bold and noble strokes , and delivered in such nervous language . . . so orig ...
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... seems to have been the general opinion . The Spectator papers , it will be remembered , make no attempt to prove ... seem to have been rarely ques- tioned , ' are the more important because it is generally thought to - day that Pope and ...
... seems to have been the general opinion . The Spectator papers , it will be remembered , make no attempt to prove ... seem to have been rarely ques- tioned , ' are the more important because it is generally thought to - day that Pope and ...
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... seems beyond the Limits of Criticism . . . . The bright and excessive Blaze of poetical Fire , which shines in so ... seem cold . Writing of " the noblest Work , which human Imagination hath ever attempted , " he says ( the book is in ...
... seems beyond the Limits of Criticism . . . . The bright and excessive Blaze of poetical Fire , which shines in so ... seem cold . Writing of " the noblest Work , which human Imagination hath ever attempted , " he says ( the book is in ...
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