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... language , and will probably for ever remain unrivalled . " John Aikin said much the same , ranking the octosyllabics as " perhaps the most captivating pieces of the descriptive kind that all poetry affords " ; while Christopher Smart ...
... language , and will probably for ever remain unrivalled . " John Aikin said much the same , ranking the octosyllabics as " perhaps the most captivating pieces of the descriptive kind that all poetry affords " ; while Christopher Smart ...
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... language which undoubtedly injured the popularity of the genre . 1 " " An especially undesirable feature of this tumid diction was the use of periphrases , such as " glossy kind " or " plumy race " for " birds , or " the sable rock ...
... language which undoubtedly injured the popularity of the genre . 1 " " An especially undesirable feature of this tumid diction was the use of periphrases , such as " glossy kind " or " plumy race " for " birds , or " the sable rock ...
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... language near to the language of men , " he used hundreds of phrases that not only were never heard in the language of men but had become extremely hackneyed even in poetry.2 Much better illustrations of the vicious poetic diction of ...
... language near to the language of men , " he used hundreds of phrases that not only were never heard in the language of men but had become extremely hackneyed even in poetry.2 Much better illustrations of the vicious poetic diction of ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF PARADISE LOST AND THEIR | 75 |
THOMSON | 123 |
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