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Page 117
Samuel Johnson. Throughout the whole , the figures are too bold , and the language too luxuriant for dialogue . It is a drama in the epick style ... whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and MILTON ...
Samuel Johnson. Throughout the whole , the figures are too bold , and the language too luxuriant for dialogue . It is a drama in the epick style ... whole extension of his language , distinguished all the delicacies of phrase , and MILTON ...
Page 137
... whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every eye watched for the golden shower which was to fall upon the author , who certainly was not without his part in the general expectation . In 1664 the second part appeared : the curiosity ...
... whole party of the royalists applauded it . Every eye watched for the golden shower which was to fall upon the author , who certainly was not without his part in the general expectation . In 1664 the second part appeared : the curiosity ...
Page 412
... whole nation was at this time on fire with faction . The Whigs applauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned , as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap , to shew that the satire was unfelt . The story of ...
... whole nation was at this time on fire with faction . The Whigs applauded every line in which Liberty was mentioned , as a satire on the Tories ; and the Tories echoed every clap , to shew that the satire was unfelt . The story of ...
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