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... Poetry is , that a Poet must every where excite great Passion , " or " Enthusiasm . " 2 Milton's art was by no means appreciated at this time ; his style was thought to be rough , much less finished than Pope's or even Shakespeare's ...
... Poetry is , that a Poet must every where excite great Passion , " or " Enthusiasm . " 2 Milton's art was by no means appreciated at this time ; his style was thought to be rough , much less finished than Pope's or even Shakespeare's ...
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... poet . Of course Thomson did not work alone . Enthusiasm for Paradise Lost , which was increasing rapidly between 1712 and 1745 , could not fail to affect poetry , and Thomson's immediate predecessors had done no slight service in ...
... poet . Of course Thomson did not work alone . Enthusiasm for Paradise Lost , which was increasing rapidly between 1712 and 1745 , could not fail to affect poetry , and Thomson's immediate predecessors had done no slight service in ...
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... Poetry of the World , 1791 , iv . 5-6 . 1 Ir . 1778 w . bef.1821 p . SIX , JAMES . Freeman's Kentish Poets , 1821 , ii . 425-6 . 3 P. 1778-92 BAMPFYLDE , JOHN . Sixteen Sonnets , 1778. ( Four of these and one new sonnet are printed in ...
... Poetry of the World , 1791 , iv . 5-6 . 1 Ir . 1778 w . bef.1821 p . SIX , JAMES . Freeman's Kentish Poets , 1821 , ii . 425-6 . 3 P. 1778-92 BAMPFYLDE , JOHN . Sixteen Sonnets , 1778. ( Four of these and one new sonnet are printed in ...
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MILTONS FAME IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 3 |
BLANK VERSE AND RIME | 44 |
PROSODY AND DICTION | 54 |
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