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... tion . How did it happen that poems which are to - day the admira- tion of a relatively small number excited , a century and a half ago , the enthusiasm of many ? One reason immediately suggests itself , the religious character of the ...
... tion . How did it happen that poems which are to - day the admira- tion of a relatively small number excited , a century and a half ago , the enthusiasm of many ? One reason immediately suggests itself , the religious character of the ...
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... tion , " he writes , " . . . the Latin distich , and modern couplet are the greatest levellers . There is no liberty , no continuance in their movements . " " The perpetual returns of similar impressions , " he declares elsewhere ...
... tion , " he writes , " . . . the Latin distich , and modern couplet are the greatest levellers . There is no liberty , no continuance in their movements . " " The perpetual returns of similar impressions , " he declares elsewhere ...
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Raymond Dexter Havens. tion were removed , ' and if its exuberant , decidedly Miltonic style and diction ( which ... tion on Godwin , Hazlitt , and Wordsworth . 3 Mo. Rev. , enl . ed . , xxxii . 437-8 . I have not seen the poem ...
Raymond Dexter Havens. tion were removed , ' and if its exuberant , decidedly Miltonic style and diction ( which ... tion on Godwin , Hazlitt , and Wordsworth . 3 Mo. Rev. , enl . ed . , xxxii . 437-8 . I have not seen the poem ...
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MILTONS FAME IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY | 3 |
BLANK VERSE AND RIME | 44 |
PROSODY AND DICTION | 54 |
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