The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Том 2J. Johnson, 1809 |
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... SENTIMENTS and the LANGUAGE . Before I enter upon the first of these , I muft advertise my reader , that it is my defign , as foon as I have finished my general reflections on thefe four feveral heads , to give particular inftances out ...
... SENTIMENTS and the LANGUAGE . Before I enter upon the first of these , I muft advertise my reader , that it is my defign , as foon as I have finished my general reflections on thefe four feveral heads , to give particular inftances out ...
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... Sentiments , which raife laughter , can very seldom be admitted with any decency into an heroick poem , whofe bufinefs is to excite paffions of a much nobler nature . Homer , however , in his characters of Vulcan and Therfites , in his ...
... Sentiments , which raife laughter , can very seldom be admitted with any decency into an heroick poem , whofe bufinefs is to excite paffions of a much nobler nature . Homer , however , in his characters of Vulcan and Therfites , in his ...
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... SENTIMENTS , in the Paradife Loft , we are in the laft place to confider the LANGUAGE ; and , as the learned world is very much divided upon Milton as to this point , I hope they will excufe me if I appear particular in any of my ...
... SENTIMENTS , in the Paradife Loft , we are in the laft place to confider the LANGUAGE ; and , as the learned world is very much divided upon Milton as to this point , I hope they will excufe me if I appear particular in any of my ...
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... SENTIMENTS , and the LANGUAGE ; and have shown that he excels , in general , under each of these heads . I hope that I have made fe- veral difcoveries which may appear new , even to those who are verfed in critical learning . Were I ...
... SENTIMENTS , and the LANGUAGE ; and have shown that he excels , in general , under each of these heads . I hope that I have made fe- veral difcoveries which may appear new , even to those who are verfed in critical learning . Were I ...
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... - pear in the FABLE , the CHARACTERS , the SENTI- MENTS , and the LANGUAGE , of Paradife Loft ; not doubting but the reader will pardon me , if I allege at the fame time whatever may be faid for the 36 MR . ADDISON'S CRITICISM.
... - pear in the FABLE , the CHARACTERS , the SENTI- MENTS , and the LANGUAGE , of Paradife Loft ; not doubting but the reader will pardon me , if I allege at the fame time whatever may be faid for the 36 MR . ADDISON'S CRITICISM.
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