The Poetical Works of John Milton, Band 1John Macrone, 1835 |
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... bard gives authenticity to all he relates ; but it is a piece of biography brief and bare . How much more interesting it would have been , had it been written in the amiable and sentimental , though half - gossiping style of old Isaac ...
... bard gives authenticity to all he relates ; but it is a piece of biography brief and bare . How much more interesting it would have been , had it been written in the amiable and sentimental , though half - gossiping style of old Isaac ...
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... not , or would not hear . " His Life of Milton , ' by some strange chance , yet keeps its hold at least on a part of the public ; but as it is flagrantly dero- 1 gatory to the unrivalled bard's fame , both as a XX PREFACE .
... not , or would not hear . " His Life of Milton , ' by some strange chance , yet keeps its hold at least on a part of the public ; but as it is flagrantly dero- 1 gatory to the unrivalled bard's fame , both as a XX PREFACE .
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John Milton Sir Egerton Brydges. gatory to the unrivalled bard's fame , both as a poet and as a man , it has appeared to me not only a pleasure , but a duty , to endeavour to counteract its poison . Many will deem the attempt bold and ...
John Milton Sir Egerton Brydges. gatory to the unrivalled bard's fame , both as a poet and as a man , it has appeared to me not only a pleasure , but a duty , to endeavour to counteract its poison . Many will deem the attempt bold and ...
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... bard with enthusiasm , taste , and a copiousness of polite and rich erudi- tion ; but what he possessed in love and admira- tion he wanted in power . His genius was not strong ; his style was diffuse and languid ; and his constant use ...
... bard with enthusiasm , taste , and a copiousness of polite and rich erudi- tion ; but what he possessed in love and admira- tion he wanted in power . His genius was not strong ; his style was diffuse and languid ; and his constant use ...
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... bard , during a period of more than one hun- dred and thirty years , to fatigue and repel the public attention . If there be any thing new in the Life by Johnson , it is the novelty of bitter- ness , sarcasm , and bad taste . These give ...
... bard , during a period of more than one hun- dred and thirty years , to fatigue and repel the public attention . If there be any thing new in the Life by Johnson , it is the novelty of bitter- ness , sarcasm , and bad taste . These give ...
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