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Page 44
... praise , and its praise is yet more when it is apparently copied by Garth and Pope * ; after whose names little will be gained by an enumeration of smaller poets , that have left scarce a corner of the island not dignified either by ...
... praise , and its praise is yet more when it is apparently copied by Garth and Pope * ; after whose names little will be gained by an enumeration of smaller poets , that have left scarce a corner of the island not dignified either by ...
Page 79
... praise has been bestowed is Lycidas ; of which the diction is harsh , the rhymes uncertain , and the numbers unpleasing . What beauty there is , we must therefore seek in the sentiments and images . It is not to be considered as the ...
... praise has been bestowed is Lycidas ; of which the diction is harsh , the rhymes uncertain , and the numbers unpleasing . What beauty there is , we must therefore seek in the sentiments and images . It is not to be considered as the ...
Page 82
... praise of chastity , and the Younger finds how fine it is to be a philosopher . Then descends the Spirit in form of a shepherd ; and the Brother , instead of being in haste to ask his help , praises his singing , and enquires his ...
... praise of chastity , and the Younger finds how fine it is to be a philosopher . Then descends the Spirit in form of a shepherd ; and the Brother , instead of being in haste to ask his help , praises his singing , and enquires his ...
Page 91
... praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Samson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired . It could only be by long prejudice , and the bigotry of learning , that Milton could prefer the ancient tragedies ...
... praise . If Paradise Regained has been too much depreciated , Samson Agonistes has in requital been too much admired . It could only be by long prejudice , and the bigotry of learning , that Milton could prefer the ancient tragedies ...
Page 92
... praise of copious- ness and variety : he was master of his language in its full extent ; and has selected the melodious words with such diligence , that from his book alone the Art of English Poetry might be learned . After his diction ...
... praise of copious- ness and variety : he was master of his language in its full extent ; and has selected the melodious words with such diligence , that from his book alone the Art of English Poetry might be learned . After his diction ...
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