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Page 14
... raised upon contrary plans . I must however own , that I think this kind of fable , which is the most perfect in tragedy , is not so proper for an Heroic Poem . MILTON Seems to have been sensible of this imperfection in his fable , and ...
... raised upon contrary plans . I must however own , that I think this kind of fable , which is the most perfect in tragedy , is not so proper for an Heroic Poem . MILTON Seems to have been sensible of this imperfection in his fable , and ...
Page 15
... raise the ideas of the author . TULLY tells us , mentioning his dialogue of old age , in which CATO is the chief speaker , that upon a review of it he was agreeably imposed upon , and fancied that it was CATO , and not he himself , who ...
... raise the ideas of the author . TULLY tells us , mentioning his dialogue of old age , in which CATO is the chief speaker , that upon a review of it he was agreeably imposed upon , and fancied that it was CATO , and not he himself , who ...
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... raised me a very great fortune . For these my good services I was knighted in the thirty - fith year of my age , and lived with great dignity among my city neighbours by the name of Sir JOHN ANVIL . Being in my temper very ambitious , I ...
... raised me a very great fortune . For these my good services I was knighted in the thirty - fith year of my age , and lived with great dignity among my city neighbours by the name of Sir JOHN ANVIL . Being in my temper very ambitious , I ...
Page 34
... raised his fancy , and fired his imagination . The same folly hinders a man from submitting his behaviour to his age , and makes CLODIUS , who was a celebrated dancer at five and twenty , still love to hobble in a minuet , though he is ...
... raised his fancy , and fired his imagination . The same folly hinders a man from submitting his behaviour to his age , and makes CLODIUS , who was a celebrated dancer at five and twenty , still love to hobble in a minuet , though he is ...
Page 46
... raise and terrify the reader's imagination . Of this nature , in the book now before us , is his being the first that awakens out of the general trance , with his posture on the burning lake , his rising from it , and the description of ...
... raise and terrify the reader's imagination . Of this nature , in the book now before us , is his being the first that awakens out of the general trance , with his posture on the burning lake , his rising from it , and the description of ...
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