The Poetical Works of John MiltonPhillips, Samson,, 1854 - 748 Seiten |
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... Virgil , and raises his own imaginations by the use he has made of several poetical passages in Scripture . I might have inserted also several passages of Tasso which our author has imitated ; but as I do not look upon Tasso to be a ...
... Virgil , and raises his own imaginations by the use he has made of several poetical passages in Scripture . I might have inserted also several passages of Tasso which our author has imitated ; but as I do not look upon Tasso to be a ...
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... Virgil ; -and what is there in the fable of these two that can stand before the divine brightness of the bard of angels ? With regard to characters , -invention of such as are at once true to nature , and yet grand , or attractive , is ...
... Virgil ; -and what is there in the fable of these two that can stand before the divine brightness of the bard of angels ? With regard to characters , -invention of such as are at once true to nature , and yet grand , or attractive , is ...
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... Virgil might find no difficulty in supporting the career of Achilles , Hector , or Æneas ; but how different the case of the first two of human beings before the Fall ; or of their seducer , the rebel angel - Satan . There is copious ...
... Virgil might find no difficulty in supporting the career of Achilles , Hector , or Æneas ; but how different the case of the first two of human beings before the Fall ; or of their seducer , the rebel angel - Satan . There is copious ...
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... Virgil cannot be compared with Milton ! And , to fortify me , Ad- dison and Dryden have come to the same conclusion . In moral character the poet stands among the noblest and the best . His spirit was as holy , and his heart as ...
... Virgil cannot be compared with Milton ! And , to fortify me , Ad- dison and Dryden have come to the same conclusion . In moral character the poet stands among the noblest and the best . His spirit was as holy , and his heart as ...
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... Virgil in Latin ; Rime being no necessary Adjunct or true Ornament of Poem or good Verse , in longer Works especially , but the Invention of a barbarous Age , to set off wretched matter and lame Meeter ; grac't indeed since by the use ...
... Virgil in Latin ; Rime being no necessary Adjunct or true Ornament of Poem or good Verse , in longer Works especially , but the Invention of a barbarous Age , to set off wretched matter and lame Meeter ; grac't indeed since by the use ...
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