The Poetical Works of John Milton, Band 1John Macrone, 1835 |
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... common intellects have the au- thority of a man of Johnson's literary reputation for this sort of ordinary matter - of - fact taste , they nurse themselves in it with a triumphant scorn of their opponents . But what can rich and ac ...
... common intellects have the au- thority of a man of Johnson's literary reputation for this sort of ordinary matter - of - fact taste , they nurse themselves in it with a triumphant scorn of their opponents . But what can rich and ac ...
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... but with sincerity . I hope that I have not been guilty of indulging in common- place , clothed in a pompous profusion of empty words . If I have been severe on Johnson , it is not a liberty so great as he has himself taken PREFACE . XXV.
... but with sincerity . I hope that I have not been guilty of indulging in common- place , clothed in a pompous profusion of empty words . If I have been severe on Johnson , it is not a liberty so great as he has himself taken PREFACE . XXV.
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... common benefits , and such As nature bids , but of thy larger gifts , My Father ! who , when I had open'd once The stores of Roman rhetoric , and learn'd The full - toned language of the eloquent Greeks , Whose lofty music graced the ...
... common benefits , and such As nature bids , but of thy larger gifts , My Father ! who , when I had open'd once The stores of Roman rhetoric , and learn'd The full - toned language of the eloquent Greeks , Whose lofty music graced the ...
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... common poet ; but not comparatively for Milton : I cannot allow them that high invention which belongs to the bard of Paradise Lost . ' Warton criticises John- son's comment with a just severity : " Never , " says he , " were fine ...
... common poet ; but not comparatively for Milton : I cannot allow them that high invention which belongs to the bard of Paradise Lost . ' Warton criticises John- son's comment with a just severity : " Never , " says he , " were fine ...
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... common ears : but then the want of dignity , of the " long - resounding pace " in the versifi- cation , lessens the magic . The whole is written lightly , and upon the surface : the poet skims away , just touches with his wings , and ...
... common ears : but then the want of dignity , of the " long - resounding pace " in the versifi- cation , lessens the magic . The whole is written lightly , and upon the surface : the poet skims away , just touches with his wings , and ...
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Addison admiration ancient Andrew Marvell angels appear bard beautiful blind character church Comus Countess of Derby critic daughter defence delight Deodate divine Dryden edition England English epic exalted fable father favour force genius glorious glory Harefield hath heart Heaven honour hope human imagery images imagination invention Italy J. M. W. TURNER John Milton Johnson King L'Allegro labour language Latin learning less liberty lived lofty Lycidas majesty ment mind moral Muse nation native nature never noble observation opinion Paradise Lost Paradise Regained passages passions perhaps persons Petrarch piety poem poet poet's poetical poetry political Pope Powell praise prose published Puritan racter reader rich Samson Samson Agonistes says seems sentiment Shakspeare Smectymnuus solemn Spenser spirit style sublime Tasso taste thee things thou thought tion Tiresias true truth verse vigour virtue Warton whole words write