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... Night Thoughts . Yet there can be no question of Young's familiarity with Paradise Lost or of his willingness to borrow phrases from it . " Milton ! thee , " he exclaimed , " ah could I reach your strain ! " But there was the trouble ...
... Night Thoughts . Yet there can be no question of Young's familiarity with Paradise Lost or of his willingness to borrow phrases from it . " Milton ! thee , " he exclaimed , " ah could I reach your strain ! " But there was the trouble ...
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... Night Thoughts , they were of service in the de- velopment of blank verse . The task of the eighteenth century was to hammer down Milton's style , which , like Lucifer's shield , was of " ethereal temper , massy , large , and round ...
... Night Thoughts , they were of service in the de- velopment of blank verse . The task of the eighteenth century was to hammer down Milton's style , which , like Lucifer's shield , was of " ethereal temper , massy , large , and round ...
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... Night Thoughts , Day Thoughts , and pieces " after the manner of Dr. Young " or " in imitation of " him or " occasioned by " his work were being composed . Most of his followers , to be sure , did not acknowl- edge their indebtedness so ...
... Night Thoughts , Day Thoughts , and pieces " after the manner of Dr. Young " or " in imitation of " him or " occasioned by " his work were being composed . Most of his followers , to be sure , did not acknowl- edge their indebtedness so ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PARADISE LOST AND THEIR | 75 |
THOMSON | 123 |
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