The Poetical Works of John Milton, Band 4John Macrone, 1835 |
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... less imaginative . The holy poet seems to have been awed by his subject , and to have given less of his own , either of thought , matter , or language : he appears rather the oracle or channel , through which the voice of the Divinity ...
... less imaginative . The holy poet seems to have been awed by his subject , and to have given less of his own , either of thought , matter , or language : he appears rather the oracle or channel , through which the voice of the Divinity ...
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... less grandly imaginative , it is still rich with invention , and invention which is truly poetical : still it is a representation of actual existences , though not a copy of them . Milton is here pre - eminent in designing character and ...
... less grandly imaginative , it is still rich with invention , and invention which is truly poetical : still it is a representation of actual existences , though not a copy of them . Milton is here pre - eminent in designing character and ...
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... less absurd , than it would be to condemn the moon for not being a sun ; instead of admiring the two different luminaries , and feeling that both the greater and the less are equally the work of the same divine and inimitable Power ...
... less absurd , than it would be to condemn the moon for not being a sun ; instead of admiring the two different luminaries , and feeling that both the greater and the less are equally the work of the same divine and inimitable Power ...
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... less poetical , because it is less imaginative . " " Paradise Regained ' has not met with the appro- bation that it deserves , " says Jortin : " it has not the harmony of numbers , the sublimity of thought , and the beauties of diction ...
... less poetical , because it is less imaginative . " " Paradise Regained ' has not met with the appro- bation that it deserves , " says Jortin : " it has not the harmony of numbers , the sublimity of thought , and the beauties of diction ...
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... less removed from its authorities , than that of the Paradise Lost ; ' and this is supposed to have partly arisen from the poet's awe of his subject , and partly from the weakness of rapidly declining age . With respect to the style ...
... less removed from its authorities , than that of the Paradise Lost ; ' and this is supposed to have partly arisen from the poet's awe of his subject , and partly from the weakness of rapidly declining age . With respect to the style ...
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